Genetic cause of rare disease may be involved in more common birth defects

Trends and patterns of mortality associa

Trends and patterns of mortality associated with birth defects and genetic diseases in the United States, 1979–1992: An analysis of multiple-cause mortality data

✍ Quanhe Yang; Muin J. Khoury; David Mannino 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 98 KB 👁 2 views

Contemporary information on the trends and patterns of mortality associated with birth defects and genetic diseases is lacking in the United States. To study these trends and patterns, we used the Multiple-Cause Mortality Files of the National Center for Health Statistics. From 1979 through 1992, 32