Hirschsprung's disease in the North of England: Prevalence, associated anomalies, and survival

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 477-480

  Best, Kate E ^a   Glinianaia, Svetlana V ^a   Bythell, Mary ^b   Rankin, Judith ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Maternity Survey Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Register; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NORTHERN CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY SURVEY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME;

EID: 84862208127     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23016     Document Type: Article

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