BACKGROUND: Gastroschisis remains an epidemiologic and pathogenetic dilemma, with genetics not thought to play a significant role in its etiology. The purpose of this study was to determine which gastroschisis cases in the Utah Birth Defect Network (UBDN) were related and the excess familial risk am
Familial cases of gastroschisis in a population-based registry
โ Scribed by Torfs, Claudine P. ;Curry, Cynthia J. R.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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