Major congenital anomalies: a five-year retrospective regional study in Turkey

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Tomatir, A G ^a   Demirhan, H ^a   Sorkun, H C ^a   Koksal A ^a   Ozerdem F ^b   Cilengir N ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VAGINAL DELIVERY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 66349126596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol8-1gmr506     Document Type: Article

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