The aim was to describe trends in prevalence, maternal age-specific prevalence, associated anomalies, clinical outcomes and the sensitivity of antenatal diagnosis of congenital anterior abdominal wall defects (in particular gastroschisis and exomphalos). Data were identified from a population-based
Congenital defects of the anterior abdominal wall
β Scribed by George M. Wyburn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1953
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 494 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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