A note on the sex ratio in anencephalus.
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While exploring the association of the sex ratio of stillbirths with cause and duration of gestation, McKeown and Lowe (1951) noted that for anencephalus sex ratio increased with duration of gestation. No explanation was offered for this observation, which is here considered briefly. In Birmingham, during the years 1940-51, 454 stillbirths and 28 infant deaths were attributed to anencephalus (440 cases) or to anencephalus and spina bifida (42 cases). Duration of gestation was recorded in 475 (of 482 cases), for which the association of sex ratio with duration of gestation was as follows:-
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British journal of social medicine
دوره 6 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1952