Prevalence and clinical significance of cardiac murmurs in neonates

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Ainsworth, Sean B ^a   Wyllie, Jonathan P ^a   Wren, Christopher ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac murmur; Congenital heart disease; Neonatal examination; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033040271     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.80.1.F43     Document Type: Article

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