Postmortem examinations on deceased neonates: A rarely utilized procedure in an African Referral Center

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Ugiagbe, Ezekiel E ^a   Osifo, Osarumwense D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dead; Examination; Neonates; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; TABOO;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84860208705     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/10-12-0952-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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