The Association of minor congenital anomalies and childhood cancer

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1098-1102

  Durmaz, Asude ^a   Durmaz, Burak ^a   Kadioglu, Bengu ^a   Aksoylar, Serap ^a   Karapinar, Deniz ^a   Koturoglu, Guldane ^a   Orman, Mehmet N ^a   Ozkinay, Ferda ^a   Cogulu, Ozgur ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Minor anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HAND MALFORMATION; HIGH ARCHED PALATE; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954469806     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23049     Document Type: Article

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