The Swedish Birth Defects Registry: Ascertainment and incidence of spina bifida and cleft lip/palate

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 654-659

  Amini, Hashem ^a,c   Axelsson, Ove ^a   Ollars, Birgitta ^b   Anneren, Göran ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Birth defects registry; Cleft lip palate; Spina bifida; Termination of pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA; SWEDEN; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; INDUCED ABORTION; PREGNANCY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 66149141027     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340902934696     Document Type: Article

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