The Giant Umbilical Cord: An Unusual Presentation of a Patent Urachus

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-129

  Nobuhara, Kerilyn K ^a   Lukish, Jeffrey R ^b   Hartman, Gary E ^b   Gilbert, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Umbilical cord; Urachus

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GIANT UMBILICAL CORD; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD; URACHUS;

EID: 0346401636     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.09.023     Document Type: Article

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