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

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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 CHD prevalence in DS, separated by gender. Three search engines were used and 578 articles were reviewed. Twelve articles were...

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