Neonatal screening for life threatening congenital heart disease

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7687, 2009, Pages 117-

  Barrington, Keith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYANOSIS; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 61849087495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2663     Document Type: Editorial

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