A Population-Based Study of the Risk of Recurrence of Birth Defects
- 7 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (1), 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199407073310101
Abstract
Certain birth defects are known to recur in families, but most estimates of the risk of recurrence have come from clinic-based studies. In this study we estimated the risk of recurrent birth defects using a population-based registry.Keywords
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