Temporal variability in birth prevalence of cardiovascular malformations

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 414-419

  Wren, C ^a   Richmond, S ^b   Donaldson, L ^c  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Epidemiology; Infancy; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ATRESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

EID: 0034024681     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.4.414     Document Type: Article

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