Seeking causes: Classifying and evaluating congenital heart defects in etiologic studies

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 714-727

  Botto, Lorenzo D ^a,b   Lin, Angela E ^c   Riehle Colarusso, Tiffany ^d   Malik, Sadia ^e   Correa, Adolfo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Congenital heart defects; Epidemiology; Etiology; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348837913     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20403     Document Type: Article

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