Risk for gastroschisis in primigravidity, length of sexual cohabitation, and change in paternity.
@article{Rittler2007RiskFG,
title={Risk for gastroschisis in primigravidity, length of sexual cohabitation, and change in paternity.},
author={M{\^o}nica Rittler and Eduardo Enrique Castilla and Christina Chambers and Jorge S L{\'o}pez-Camelo},
journal={Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology},
year={2007},
volume={79 6},
pages={
483-7
}
}
BACKGROUND
Maternal epidemiologic similarities between gastroschisis and preeclampsia have led to the objective of evaluating the risk for gastroschisis related to primigravidity, change in paternity, and length of cohabitation, considered as risk factors for preeclampsia.
METHODS
The subjects were 288 newborns with isolated gastroschisis and 576 normal controls, matched by maternal age. They were ascertained in the Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congenitas hospital… CONTINUE READING