Survival of children with mosaic Down syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 800-801

  Shin, Mikyong ^a,b   Siffel, Csaba ^a,c   Correa, Adolfo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^c Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LETTER; MOSAICISM; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRISOMY 21;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MOSAICISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649208355     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33295     Document Type: Letter

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