Fetal meconium peritonitis: The "vanishing hydrocele" sign

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Das, A ^a   Murphy, A ^a   McMahon, M ^a   Gormally, S M ^a   Corbally, M ^b  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MECONIUM PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0037235036     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 13592998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.1.f74     Document Type: Article

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