Scimitar syndrome with absence of the right pulmonary artery: A Case Report

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-402

  Saltik, Irfan Levent ^a   Eroǧlu, Ayşe Güler ^a   Öztunç, Funda ^a   Sarioǧlu, Ayşe ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Right pulmonary artery; Scimitar syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG; MICROPHTHALMIA; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYNDROME; VASCULARIZATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROPHTHALMOS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0033156576     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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