Ten-year survival of Down syndrome births

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 822-829

  Hayes, C ^a   Johnson, Z ^a   Thornton, L ^a   Fogarty, J ^a   Lyons, R ^a   O'Connor, M ^a   Delany, V ^a   Buckley, K ^a  

^a DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; CAVD; Congenital heart disease; Down syndrome; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TWINS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0030768042     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.822     Document Type: Article

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