Facial cleft and associated anomalies: Incidence among infants at a Jordanian medical centre

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 356-359

  Aqrabawi, H E ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER TONIC; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EEC SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; JORDAN; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONSANGUINITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 45849105243     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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