Prevalence of multiple congenital contractures including arthrogryposis multiplex congenita in Alberta, Canada, and a strategy for classification and coding

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1057-1061

  Lowry, R Brian ^a,b   Sibbald, Barbara ^a   Bedard, Tanya ^a   Hall, Judith G ^c  

^a Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Arthrogryposis; Canada; Classification; Coding; Congenital contractures; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIMB MALFORMATION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; CANADA; CLINICAL CODING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JOINTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78650102367     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20738     Document Type: Article

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