Midline congenital anomalies: The estimated occurrence among American Indian and Alaska Native infants

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 74-77

  Coddington, Dale A ^a   Hisnanick, John J ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; AI AN infants; Congenital anomalies; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DATA BASE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; UNITED STATES;

FISTULA;

EID: 0029994219     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb02351.x     Document Type: Article

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