Dandy-Walker syndrome: Incidence in a defined population of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 150-152

  Ohaegbulam, Samuel C ^a   Afifi, Hesham ^a  

^a NORTH WEST ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Dandy Walker syndrome; Geographical neurosurgery; Hydrocephalus; Incidence in Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SOLDIER;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0035012757     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054776     Document Type: Article

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