Prevalence of microcephaly in Europe: Population based study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 354, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Morris, Joan K ^a   Rankin, Judith ^b   Garne, Ester ^c   Loane, Maria ^d   Greenlees, Ruth ^d   Addor, Marie Claude ^e   Arriola, Larraitz ^f   Barisic, Ingeborg ^g   Bergman, Jorieke E H ^h   Csaky Szunyogh, Melinda ⁱ   Dias, Carlos ^j   Draper, Elizabeth S ^k   Gatt, Miriam ^l   Khoshnood, Babak ^m   Klungsoyr, Kari ⁿ   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^o   Lynch, Catherine ^p   McDonnell, Robert ^p   Nelen, Vera ^q   Neville, Amanda J ^r   O'Mahony, Mary T ^p   Pierini, Anna ^s   Randrianaivo, Hanitra ^l   Rissmann, Anke ^t   Tucker, David ^u   Verellen Dumoulin, Christine ^v   De Walle, Hermien E K ^h   Wellesley, Diana ^w   Wiesel, Awi ^x   Dolk, Helen ^d   more..

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Division of Medical Genetics   (Switzerland)

^f BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^g Croatia   (Croatia)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ National Public Health and Medical Officers' Service   (Hungary)

^j Centro de Estudos e Registo de a C   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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

^m INSERM   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^p HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^q Provincial Institute for Hygiene   (Belgium)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^s INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^u PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^v Department of Pathology   (Belgium)

^w UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^x JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84988365926     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i4721     Document Type: Article

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