Thoracic ectopic kidney in a child: A case report

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-255

  Aydin, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Sarici, S Ümit ^a   Alpay, Faruk ^a   Gökçay, Erdal ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Thoracic ectopic kidney

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX TUMOR; UROGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0034222779     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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