Neonatal gastric perforation

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-58

  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

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH;

EID: 3042824095     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i1.8797     Document Type: Review

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