A surviving infant with sirenomelia (Mermaid syndrome) associated with absent bladder

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1266-1268

  Stanton, Michael P ^a   Penington, Elizabeth C ^a   Hutson, John M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caudal dysgenesis; Sirenomelia; Vascular steal

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER APLASIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; COLOSTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PLASTER CAST; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; SIRENOMELIA; SKIN FLAP; SPLINT; SURVIVAL RATE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; Z PLASTY;

EID: 0042861696     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00286-0     Document Type: Article

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