Prevalence of chest wall deformities in a large sample of Iranian children aged 714 years

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-224

  Rajabi Mashhadi, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Ebrahimi, Mahmoud ^a,b   Mobarhan, Majid Ghayour ^b,c   Moohebati, Mohsen ^b,c   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kazemi Bajestani, Seyyed Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Deformity; Iran; Pectus carinatum; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGEON THORAX; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX DEFORMITY;

EID: 77953169211     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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