Prevalence of isolated minor congenital anomalies in a regional hospital in Oman

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1567-1572

  Sawardekar, Kiran P ^a  

^a NIZWA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OMAN; PES EQUINUS; POLYDACTYLY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABNORMALITIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OMAN; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 29144435077     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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