Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease at Live Birth in Taiwan

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 782-785

  Wu, Mei Hwan ^a   Chen, Hui Chi ^b   Lu, Chun Wei ^a   Wang, Jou Kou ^a   Huang, Shin Chung ^c   Huang, San Kuei ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SECUNDUM ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 77950521208     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.062     Document Type: Article

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