Environmental and genetic factors associated with congenital microtia: A case-control study in Jiangsu, China, 2004 to 2007

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1157-1164

  Zhang, Qing Guo ^a   Zhang, Jiao ^a   Yu, Pei ^a   Shen, Hao ^a  

^a PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 5; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PHENYLALANINE; POISON; THREONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DNA SEQUENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GSC GENE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MICROTIA; MISSENSE MUTATION; POLLUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EAR, EXTERNAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349814417     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b454d8     Document Type: Article

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