Oesophageal atresia

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Spitz, Lewis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 34249793715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-2-24     Document Type: Review

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