title: No sex differences in 18 trisomy births in the Kanagawa Birth Defects Monitoring Program.
abstract: Trisomy 18 is a common chromosome anomaly. The predominance of female infants is widely accepted in the literature. This study clarified no sex differences in 18 trisomy births.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Genetics, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. ykuroki@mw.kawasaki-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
mesh_terms: D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014314:Trisomy