Current trends in the prevalence and aetiology of childhood congestive cardiac failure in Sagamu

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-106

  Adekanmbi, A F ^a   Ogunlesi, Tinuade A ^a   Olowu, A O ^a   Fetuga, M B ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEASLES; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC WARD; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 34147151229     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml064     Document Type: Article

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