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Is advanced maternal age a risk factor for congenital heart disease?

Kate E BestJudith Rankin
Published in: Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology (2017)
We found little evidence that advanced maternal age is a risk factor for CHD. There is no evidence that women in the United Kingdom should be referred for specialist prenatal cardiac screening based on their age. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 106:461-467, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keyphrases
  • congenital heart disease
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • pregnant women
  • birth weight
  • palliative care
  • gestational age
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  • body mass index