Atrial Septal Defect

The Natural and Modified History of Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 31-43

  Veldtman, Gruschen R ^a   Freedom, Robert M ^a,b   Benson, Lee N ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Genetics; Incidence; Recurrence; Spontaneous closure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847421576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470986905.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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