Letter by Winter et al Regarding Article, "children and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Lost to Follow-Up: Who and When?"

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Winter, Michiel M ^a   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a   Van Der Velde, Enno T ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVE BIRTH; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950295130     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d8fd54     Document Type: Letter

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