Menkes disease: A rare cause of bilateral inguinal hernias

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-195

  Mandelstam, Simone Alyson ^a   Fisher, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Menkes disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MENKES SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENKES KINKY HAIR SYNDROME;

EID: 18444411621     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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