Gastrointestinal malformations in Gorgan, North of Iran: Epidemiology and associated malformations

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Golalipour, Mohammad Jafar ^a   Mobasheri, Elham ^a   Hoseinpour, Kaniz Reza ^a   Keshtkar, Abbas Ali ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gastrointestinal malformations; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845863645     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1814-5     Document Type: Article

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