The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 782-785 , May 2010

Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease at Live Birth in Taiwan

  • Mei-Hwan Wu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Mei-Hwan Wu, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, No 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Hui-Chi Chen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Wei Lu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jou-Kou Wang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shin-Chung Huang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Taiwan Bureau of National Health Insurance, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • San-Kuei Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Taiwan Bureau of National Health Insurance, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 1 October 2009 ,Accepted 20 November 2009.

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 The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)01197-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.062

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 782-785 , May 2010

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