Predictors of trisomy 21 in the offspring of older and younger women

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Agopian, A J ^a   Marengo, Lisa K ^b   Mitchell, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive epidemiology; Hispanic Americans; Paternal age; Texas; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855724134     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.22870     Document Type: Article

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