Parental risk factors for congenital diaphragmatic hernia - a large German case-control study

• Main Authors: Felicitas Schulz (Author), Ekkehart Jenetzky (Author), Nadine Zwink (Author), Charlotte Bendixen (Author), Florian Kipfmueller (Author), Neysan Rafat (Author), Andreas Heydweiller (Author), Lucas Wessel (Author), Heiko Reutter (Author), Andreas Mueller (Author), Thomas Schaible (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Evidence for periconceptional or prenatal environmental risk factors for the development of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is still scarce. Here, in a case-control study we investigated potential environmental risk factors in 199 CDH patients compared to 597 healthy contro...