Idiopathic Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in Identical Twins

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 933-936

  Yen, Ju Bei ^a   Kong, Man Shan ^b   Wu, Wan Jao ^a   Huang, Chen Sheng ^b   Chang, Kuei Wen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pyloric stenosis; Twins

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYLOROMYOTOMY; PYLORUS STENOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PYLORIC STENOSIS;

EID: 1242291946     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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