Currarino's triad: An unusual cause of constipation in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 437-439

  Zia Ul Miraj, M ^a,b   Brereton, R J ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anorectal anomaly; Constipation; Currarino's triad; Meningocoele; Sacral defects

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANAL CANAL; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOCELE; RECTUM; SACRUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031781836     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050362     Document Type: Article

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