Intrathoracic Cystic Hygroma in an Infant with Respiratory Failure

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 128-129

  Balkaran, B N ^a   Maharaj, P ^a   Pitt Miller, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031309826     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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