Congenital hydrocephalus - Prevalence and prognosis. Mortality and morbidity in a population-based study;Medfødt hydrocephalus - Forekomst og prognose. Mortalitet og morbiditet i en populationsbaseret opgørelse

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 466-469

  Christensen, Jacob Haaber ^a   Hansen, Lars Kjœrsgård ^a   Garne, Ester ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; REOPERATION; SHUNTING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037467916     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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