Weight gain: A possible factor in deciding timing for inguinal hernia repair in premature infants

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 251-255

  Desch, Larry W ^a,b   DeJonge, Mitchell H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029992065     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289603500504     Document Type: Article

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