Prevalence of spina bifida among children and adolescents in 10 regions in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-279

  Shin, Mikyong ^a,b   Besser, Lilah M ^a   Siffel, Csaba ^a,c   Kucik, James E ^a   Shaw, Gary M ^d   Lu, Chengxing ^a,b   Correa, Adolfo ^a   Hobbs, Charlotte ^e   Mosley, Bridget S ^e   Warmerdam, Barbara ^f   Ehinger, Marcia ^f   Stanton, Carol ^g   Ruttenber, Margaret ^g   MacDowell, Bradley D ^g   Romitti, Paul ^g   Druschel, Charlotte ^h   Wang, Ying ^h   Harmsen, Katie ⁱ   Meyer, Robert ⁱ   Pearson, Kay A ^g   Marengo, Lisa K ^j   Canfield, Mark ^j   Feldkamp, Marcia ^k   Palmer, Miland ^k   more..

^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)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System   (United States)

^f California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^g Colorado Responds to Children with Special Needs ^*  (United States)

^h Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program   (United States)

ⁱ North Carolina Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^j Texas Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch   (United States)

^k Utah Birth Defect Network   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINA BIFIDA; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955484862     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2084     Document Type: Article

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