Syndromes and malformations associated with congenital heart disease in a population-based study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Grech, Victor ^a   Gatt, Miriam ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b Department of Health Information ^*  (Malta)

Author keywords

Abnormalities, multiple; Chromosomes, abnormalities; Heart defects, congenital; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALTA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALTA; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033611737     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00354-4     Document Type: Article

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