Congenital rubella syndrome burden in Morocco: A rapid retrospective assessment

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Volumn 365, Issue 9454, 2005, Pages 135-141

  Bloom, Sharon ^a,f   Rguig, Ahmed ^b   Berraho, Amina ^c   Zniber, Layla ^d   Bouazzaoui, Naima ^c   Zaghloul, Zhalid ^e   Reef, Susan ^a   Zidouh, Ahmed ^b   Papania, Mark ^a   Seward, Jane ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

^c IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^d 6 Zankat Honayn Street   (Morocco)

^e IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE FINDING; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MOROCCO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 19944428386     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17703-4     Document Type: Article

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