Maternal age and risk for trisomy 21 assessed by the origin of chromosome nondisjunction: A report from the Atlanta and National Down Syndrome Projects

Human Genetics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-52

  Allen, Emily Graves ^a   Freeman, Sallie B ^a   Druschel, Charlotte ^b   Hobbs, Charlotte A ^c   O'Leary, Leslie A ^d   Romitti, Paul A ^e   Royle, Marjorie H ^f   Torfs, Claudine P ^g   Sherman, Stephanie L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; OOGENESIS;

EID: 58849085419     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0603-8     Document Type: Article

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