Abdominal dystocia in a case of undetected intrauterine meconium peritonitis due to cystic fibrosis

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-73

  Basu, Dolon ^a,b   Thornton, James G ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal dystocia; Cystic fibrosis; Meconium peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL DYSTOCIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DESCENDING COLON; DOWN SYNDROME; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GENE MUTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MECONIUM ILEUS; MECONIUM PERITONITIS; NEWBORN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; PERITONITIS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34248354697     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2007.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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