Optimizing health care for individuals with Down syndrome in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 655-659

  Wexler, Isaiah D ^a   Abu Libdeh, Abdulsalam ^a   Kastiel, Yael ^a   Nimrodi, Alon ^b   Kerem, Eitan ^a   Tenenbaum, Ariel ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; Down syndrome; Genetic diseases; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449092544     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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