Fetal gender ratio in recurrent miscarriages

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-217

  del Fabro, Anna ^a   Driul, Lorenza ^a   Anis, Omar ^a   Londero, Ambrogio P ^a   Bertozzi, Serena ^a   Bortotto, Livio ^a   Marchesoni, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal gender; Karyotype anomalies; Recurrent miscarriages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOSOMY X; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 16; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84055172734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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