Survival analysis of down syndrome cohort in a tertiary health care center in India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-123

  Nahar, Risha ^a   Kotecha, Udhaya ^a   Puri, Ratna Dua ^a   Pandey, Ravindra Mohan ^b   Verma, Ishwar Chander ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Down syndrome; India; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84877026173     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0836-3     Document Type: Article

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