High prevalence of orofacial clefts in Shanxi Province in Northern China, 2003-2004

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2637-2643

  Li, Zhiwen ^a   Ren, Aiguo ^a   Liu, Jianmeng ^a   Zhang, Le ^a   Ye, Rongwei ^a   Li, Song ^a   Li, Zhu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft lip with palate; Cleft palate; Epidemiology; Orofacial clefts; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHINA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CLUBFOOT; ENCEPHALOCELE; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LIMB REDUCTION DEFECT; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MICROTIA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OROFACIAL CLEFT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYDACTYLY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 55549094115     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32492     Document Type: Article

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