Congenital malformations among live births at Arvand hospital, Ahwaz, Iran - A prospective study

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-37

  Ali, Ahmadzadeh ^a   Zahad, Safikhani ^a   Masoumeh, Abdulahi ^a   Azar, Ahmadzadeh ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ahwaz; Anomaly; Congenital malformation; Iran

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLUBFOOT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HIP DISLOCATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; EPISPADIAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPOSPADIAS; IRAN; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROPENIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; OLIGODACTYLIA; POLYDACTYLY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNDACTYLY; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

EID: 40549097757     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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