Late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia in children: A literature review

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 478-488

  Bagłaj, Maciej ^a   Dorobisz, Urszula ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Congenital hernia; Diaphragm; Hernia; Late presentation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBASE; HUMAN; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MEDLINE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCISEARCH; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 23844519316     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1389-z     Document Type: Review

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