Major congenital malformations among Saudi infants admitted to Asir Central Hospital

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-253

  Asindi, Asindi A ^a,c   Al Hifzi, Ibrahim ^a   Bassuni, Wagih A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030929972     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.250     Document Type: Article

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