Congenital heart disease at necropsy in Uganda. A 16-years survey at Mulago Hospital, Kampala.
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چکیده
Little is known about the incidence or pattern of congenital heart disease in tropical Africa, except for the description of 15 cases found among 4220 newborn children in Ibadan, Nigeria (Gupta and Antia, 1967), and a report of 44 patients who attended a paediatric cardiology clinic in Kampala, Uganda (Caddell and Connor, 1966). The purpose of this paper is to describe the cases of congenital heart disease found at necropsy in the past 16 years at Mulago Hospital, Kampala.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British heart journal
دوره 31 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1969