Gender differences in the prevalence of congenital heart disease in Down's syndrome: a brief meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Tereza Cristina Pinheiro Diogenes (Author), Felipe Alves Mourato (Author), José Luiz de Lima Filho (Author), Sandra da Silva Mattos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Down's syndrome (DS) affects one per 700 live births and congenital heart disease (CHD) occurs in 40-60% of these patients. Contributing factors to the association between DS and CHD are being unraveled. Gender could be one of them. Methods We performed a meta-analysis of CH...