Incidence of congenital heart disease in Beijing, China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1128-1132

  Yang, Xue Yong ^a   Li, Xiao Feng ^a   Lü, Xiao Dong ^a   Liu, Ying Long ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Incidence; Pregnancy termination; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; STILLBIRTH;

CHINA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 68249139764     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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