An Epidemiological Study of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in Infants in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 456-458

  Ang, K C ^a   Lee, E H ^b   Lee, P Y C ^b   Tan, K L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Congenital hip dislocation; Incidence; Screening programme; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HIP DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE;

FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031173940     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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