David Oliver: A public covid-19 inquiry tomorrow shouldn’t stop action today
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Objective To investigate the demographic features of labial adhesion (LA) in South Korea. Design A population-based nationwide study. Setting Census population Participants With entire Korea (n=47 990 761), patients under age 7 who were newly diagnosed with LA from January 2010 to December 2014 included. Main outcome measure The average incidence and peak occurrence estimated. Results total 4934 LAs analysed. has constantly increased since 2008, year that Korean Developmental Screening Test for InfantsandChildren registry began. was 55.0 cases/100 000 person-years (95% CI 53.5 56.6). highest 183.6 175.8 191.6) group of13 24 months. relative risk acquiring 13 months 1.481 1.381 1.587) compared 0 12 Conclusions characteristics including revealed this nationwide, study a developed cases. Further studies are needed reveal natural disease course significance diagnosing asymptomatic
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0959-8138']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1377