Characteristics of a spina bifida population including North American Caucasian and Hispanic individuals

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 692-700

  Kit, Sing Au ^a   Tran, Phong X ^a   Tsai, Chester C ^a   O'Byrne, Michelle R ^a   Lin, Jone Ing ^b   Morrison, Alanna C ^b   Hampson, Amy W ^c   Cirino, Paul ^c   Fletcher, Jack M ^c   Ostermaier, Kathryn K ^d   Tyerman, Gayle H ^e   Doebel, Sabine ^f   Northrup, Hope ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain morphology; Caucasian; Hispanic; Meningomyelocele (MM); Neurocognition

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 55449085852     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20499     Document Type: Article

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