Rare chromosome abnormalities, prevalence and prenatal diagnosis rates from population-based congenital anomaly registers in Europe

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-526

  Wellesley, Diana ^a   Dolk, Helen ^b   Boyd, Patricia A ^c   Greenlees, Ruth ^b   Haeusler, Martin ^d   Nelen, Vera ^e   Garne, Ester ^f   Khoshnood, Babak ^g   Doray, Berenice ^h   Rissmann, Anke ⁱ   Mullaney, Carmel ^j   Calzolari, Elisa ^j   Bakker, Marian ^k   Salvador, Joaquin ^l   Addor, Marie Claude ^m   Draper, Elizabeth ⁿ   Rankin, Judith ^o   Tucker, David ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e Department of Environment   (Belgium)

^f KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^j Department of Public Health ^*  (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^l Servei de Sistemes d'Informacio Sanitaria   (Spain)

^m LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^o NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^p Newcastle University ^*  (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Europe; prenatal diagnosis; prevalence; rare chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; EUROPE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 45,X; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITY; RARE DISEASE; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DOWN SYNDROME; EUROPE; HUMANS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TRISOMY;

EID: 84859894558     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.246     Document Type: Article

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