Are congenital malformations in older people underdiagnosed?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 895-897

  Fernández Viadero, Carlos ^a,b   Sarabia, Nicolás Peña ^a   Vélez, Rosario Verduga ^b   Santiago, Dámaso Crespo ^b  

^a RTE Inserso   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANUS ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HIP DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION, CONGENITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0031182158     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb01529.x     Document Type: Letter

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