Down syndrome and paternal age, a new analysis of case-control data collected in the 1960s

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1205-1208

  De Souza, Elizabeth ^a   Alberman, Eva ^a   Morris, Joan K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Paternal age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66349109017     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32850     Document Type: Article

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