Congenital anomalies in Iran: A cross-sectional study on 1574 cases in the North-West of country

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-261

  Dastgiri, Saeed ^a   Imani, S ^b   Kalankesh, L ^a   Barzegar, M ^a   Heidarzadeh, M ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BIrth defects; Congenital anomalies; Epidemiology; Iran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EAR MALFORMATION; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREVALENCE; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 34247176691     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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