The incidence and pattern of neural tube defects in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Kinasha, A D A ^a   Manji, K ^b  

^a Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute   (Tanzania)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; TANZANIA;

HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0036959663     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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