Oesophageal atresia: Prevalence, prenatal diagnosis and associated anomalies in 23 European regions

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-232

  Pedersen, Rikke Neess ^a   Calzolari, Elisa ^b   Husby, Steffen ^c   Garne, Ester ^d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital   (Denmark)

^d KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, INDUCED; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 84857232603     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300597     Document Type: Article

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