Spectrum of congenital heart defects associated with Down Syndrome in high consanguineous Omani population

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 398-403

  Venugopalan, P ^a   Agarwal, A K ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular septal defect; Congenital heart disease; Down syndrome; Pulmonary stenosis

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OMAN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DOWN SYNDROME; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT;

EID: 0038248917     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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