Cumulative incidence and distribution of congenital heart diseases in newborns in Beirut and its southern suburd (1999-2002);Incidence cumulative et distribution des cardiopathies congenitales chez les nouveau-nes a Beyrouth et dans sa banlieue sud (1999-2002)

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-125

  Chehab, Ghassan ^a   Bittar, Zuheir ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSANGUINITY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; LUNG ATRESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OXIMETRY; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; REGISTER;

CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 24044495235     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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