Survival among people with Down syndrome: A nationwide population-based study in Denmark

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-69

  Zhu, Jin Liang ^a   Hasle, Henrik ^b   Correa, Adolfo ^c   Schendel, Diana ^c   Friedman, J M ^d   Olsen, Jørn ^a   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

congenital heart defects; Down syndrome; mortality; mosaic trisomy 21; survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DENMARK; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOSAICISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; KARYOTYPE; MALE; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 84872060888     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2012.93     Document Type: Article

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