Prevalence of neural tube defect pregnancies in China and the impact of gestational age of the births from 2006 to 2008: A hospital-based study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1730-1734

  Zhu, Jun ^a   Li, Xiaohong ^b   Wang, Yanping ^b   Mu, Dezhi ^c   Dai, Li ^a   Zhou, Guangxuan ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Wang, He ^b   Liang, Juan ^b  

^a National Center for Birth Defects Monitoring   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Pediatric Department   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gestational age; Hospital based monitory; Neural tube defect; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENCEPHALOCELE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; STILLBIRTH; TREND STUDY;

CHINA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LIVE BIRTH; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865513373     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.663022     Document Type: Article

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