Pattern of neonatal and postneonatal deaths over a decade (1995-2004) at a Military Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 879-883

  Majeed Saidan, Muhammad A ^a   Kashlan, Fawaz T ^a   Al Zahrani, Atyah A ^a   Ezzedeen, Faisal Y ^a   Ammari, Amer N ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; KIDNEY AGENESIS; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL MORTALITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPTICEMIA; STILLBIRTH; TRISOMY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 49149092268     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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