Fraser Syndrome: Epidemiological Study in a European Population

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1012-1018

  Barisic, Ingeborg ^a   Odak, Ljubica ^a   Loane, Maria ^b   Garne, Ester ^c   Wellesley, Diana ^d   Calzolari, Elisa ^e   Dolk, Helen ^b   Addor, Marie Claude ^f   Arriola, Larraitz ^g   Bergman, Jorieke ^h   Bianca, Sebastiano ⁱ   Boyd, Patricia A ^j   Draper, Elizabeth S ^k   Gatt, Miriam ^l   Haeusler, Martin ^m   Khoshnood, Babak ⁿ   Latos Bielenska, Anna ^o   Mcdonnell, Bob ^p   Pierini, Anna ^q   Rankin, Judith ^r   Rissmann, Anke ^s   Queisser Luft, Annette ^t   Verellen Dumoulin, Christine ^u   Stone, David ^v   Tenconi, Romano ^w   more..

^a Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f Division of Medical Genetics   (Switzerland)

^g BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Registro ISMAC   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^l Department of Health Information and Research ^*  (Malta)

^m MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

ⁿ INSERM   (France)

^o POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^p HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^q INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^r NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^s Malformation Monitoring Centre Saxony Anhalt   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^u INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Belgium)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^w Genetica Medica Dip Pediatria   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; Epidemiology; Fraser syndrome; Induced abortion; Prenatal diagnosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOPHTHALMOS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FRAS1 GENE; FRASER SYNDROME; GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STILLBIRTH; SYNDACTYLY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRASER SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84876804148     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35839     Document Type: Article

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