Maternal body mass index as a risk factor for craniosynostosis

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2895-2897

  Boulet, Sheree L ^a   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a   Honein, Margaret A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78049232924     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33668     Document Type: Letter

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