Neural tube defects and congenital hydrocephalus in the Sultanate of Oman

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 300-303

  Rajab, A ^a   Vaishnav, A ^a   Freeman, N V ^a   Patton, M A ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OMAN; PATERNAL AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0031781588     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.5.300     Document Type: Article

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