Association of consanguinity with congenital heart diseases in a teaching hospital in western Iraq

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1021-1027

  Al Ani, Zaid R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958485947     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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