Prevention, diagnosis and services

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 686, Issue , 2010, Pages 55-75

  Bermejo, Eva ^a,b,c   Martínez Frías, María Luisa ^d  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Congenital defects; Diagnosis; Prevention; Services; Teratology information services

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROGEN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; ETRETINATE; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLIC ACID; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ISOTRETINOIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; MISOPROSTOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL; RUBELLA VACCINE; THALIDOMIDE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII VACCINE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COFFEE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY PLANNING; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARENTAL AGE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RARE DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPAIN; TERATOGENICITY; TERATOLOGY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ALGORITHM; FEMALE; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; PREGNANCY; RARE DISEASES; REGISTRIES; SPAIN;

EID: 79952057385     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9485-8_4     Document Type: Article

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