Increased male proportion in fetal deaths and in fetuses with congenital malformations in Greece

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2385-

  Miliaras, Dimosthenis ^a,b   Meditskou, Soultana ^a,b   Ketikidou, Maria ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Euromedica General Clinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS DEATH; GREECE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENESIS;

EID: 52449104621     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den266     Document Type: Letter

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