Aftermath of failed diagnosis of late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernias

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-73

  Delport, Suzanne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; BOCHDALEK HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG CYST; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; ONSET AGE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030391573     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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