Contemporary epidemiology of bladder exstrophy in the United States

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1728-1731

  Nelson, Caleb P ^b   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Wei, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder exstrophy; Demography; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; CLEFT PALATE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144400426     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000154821.21521.9b     Document Type: Article

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