Frequency and pattern of distribution of congenital anomalies in the newborn and associated maternal risk factors

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 340-343

  Perveen, Fouzia ^a,b   Tyyab, Subhana ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Consanguineous marriages; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FACE MALFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROCEPHALY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PES EQUINOVARUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34548223029     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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