Developing a research and public health agenda for gastroschisis: How do we bridge the gap between what is known and what is not?

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Feldkamp, Marcia L ^a,b   Botto, Lorenzo D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOLIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL GENETICS; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COST; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDITORIAL; EMBRYOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GASTROSCHISIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEREDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERNAL AGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49449118328     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30183     Document Type: Editorial

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