A systematic review of trends and patterns of congenital heart disease in children in Nigeria from 1964-2015

African Health Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 367-377

  Abdulkadir, Mohammed ^a   Abdulkadir, Zainab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Congenital; Epidemiology; Heart disease; Nigeria; Patterns; Trends

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 84977177755     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v16i2.5     Document Type: Review

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