Birth defects among maternal first cousins in Irish families with a neural tube defect

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-380

  Byrne, Julianne ^a  

^a BOYNE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Family studies; Irish; Matrilineal inheritance; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH ORDER; ENCEPHALOCELE; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FAMILY; HUMANS; IRELAND; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 77955925307     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-009-0381-x     Document Type: Article

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