Antenatal small-bowell volvulus without malrotation: Ultrasound demonstration and discussion of pathogenesis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-265

  Jéquier, Sigrid ^a   Hanquinet, Sylviane ^a   Bugmann, Philippe ^a   Pfizenmaier, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antenatal ultrasound; Small bowel volvulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALROTATION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; GENETICS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037844410     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0871-3     Document Type: Article

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