Anorectal malformations

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Levitt, Marc A ^a   Peña, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANAL CANAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RECTUM; REVIEW;

ANAL CANAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECTUM;

EID: 34548522220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-2-33     Document Type: Review

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