Morgagni hernia mimicking pneumonia in Down syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1608-1611

  Picard, Elie ^a   Nun, Alona Ben ^a   Fisher, Drora ^a   Schwartz, Shepard ^a   Goldberg, Meir ^a   Goldberg, Shmuel ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Morgagni hernia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; HERNIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MORGAGNI HERNIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOWN SYNDROME; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 34548399066     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.04.039     Document Type: Article

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