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Effectiveness of the critical congenital heart disease screening program for early diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities in newborn infants

Abdulmajid M. Almawazini, Hamdi K. Hanafi, Hasan A. Madkhali and Noura B. Majrashi
Saudi Medical Journal October 2017, 38 (10) 1019-1024; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.10.20295
Abdulmajid M. Almawazini
From the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, King Fahad Hospital, Al-Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, PhD
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Hamdi K. Hanafi
From the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, King Fahad Hospital, Al-Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hasan A. Madkhali
From the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, King Fahad Hospital, Al-Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS
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Noura B. Majrashi
From the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, King Fahad Hospital, Al-Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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