Epidemiologic features and clinical subgroups of anotia/microtia in Texas

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 905-913

  Canfield, Mark A ^a   Langlois, Peter H ^a   Nguyen, Ly M ^b   Scheuerle, Angela E ^a,c  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Tesserae Genetics Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

Anotia; Birth defect; Ear; Epidemiology; Microtia; Prevalence; Risk factor; Texas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; MICROTIA; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TEXAS;

EID: 71049135358     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20626     Document Type: Article

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