Audit of birth defects in 34,109 deliveries in a Tertiary Referral Center

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 460-468

  Noraihan, Mohd Nordin ^a   See, M H ^a   Raja, R ^a   Baskaran, T P ^b   Symonds, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Maternity Hospital Kuala Lumpur   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Audit; Birth defects; Congenital anomaly

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOWN SYNDROME; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CENTER; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; REGISTER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THALASSEMIA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ABNORMALITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33646713200     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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