Gastroschisis and omphalocele in Singapore: a ten-year series from 1993 to 2002.

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Published in Singapore Med J on January 01, 2008

Authors

K B Tan1, K H Tan, S K Chew, G S Yeo

Author Affiliations

1: National Birth Defects Registry, Ministry of Health, c/o KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Level 7, Children's Tower, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899.

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