Gastro-intestinal tract perforation in neonates

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 452-455

  Kuremu, R T ^a   Hadley, G P ^b   Wiersma, R ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; REOPERATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 23944480472     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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