Human sex ratio at amniocentesis and at birth in Taiwan

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 572-575

  Lee, I Wen ^a,b,c   Lai, Yi Chun ^a   Kuo, Pao Lin ^a,c   Chang, Chia Ming ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Prenatal sex determination; Sex discrimination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84871716756     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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