Spectrum of heart diseases in a new cardiac service in Nigeria: An echocardiographic study of 1441 subjects in Abeokuta

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ogah, Okechukwu S ^a   Adegbite, Gail D ^b   Akinyemi, Rufus O ^a   Adesina, Julius O ^a   Alabi, Albert A ^b   Udofia, Oscar I ^b   Ogundipe, Roseline F ^a   Osinfade, Julius K L ^a  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b Sacred Heart Hospital   (Nigeria)

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EID: 77955787582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-1-98     Document Type: Article

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