Incidence of neural tube defects in Afyonkarahisar, Western Turkey

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-161

  Onrat, S T ^a   Seyman, H ^b   Konuk, M ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Zubeyde Hanim Hospital for Children and Women Health   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Birth defects; Mutation; Neural tube defects; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLUBFOOT; ENCEPHALOCELE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; STILLBIRTH; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); FETUS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

ANENCEPHALY; FETUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TURKEY;

EID: 66349113215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol8-1gmr552     Document Type: Article

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