The incidence of cleft lip, cleft palate, hydrocephalus and spina bifida at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 292-296

  Msamati, B C ^a   Igbigbi, P S ^a   Chisi, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 0034334382     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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