Risk of birth defects increased in multiple births

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-38

  Zhang, Xiao Hui ^a   Qiu, Li Qian ^a   Huang, Jiang Ping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Birth defect; Comparison; Hospital based surveillance; Multiple births

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLADDER MALFORMATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONJOINED TWINS; EAR MALFORMATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LIMB DEFECT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN DEATH; OMPHALOCELE; POLYDACTYLY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; SYNDACTYLY; TRISOMY 21; TWIN PREGNANCY;

CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78751509817     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20725     Document Type: Article

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