Meconium per vagina: a rare presentation of meconium peritonitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages e5-

  Featherstone, Neil C ^a   Fathi, Khaled ^a   MacIver, Duncan ^a   Mathur, Azad ^a   Kulkarni, Milind ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meconium peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HUMAN; ILEUM; LAPAROTOMY; MECONIUM PERITONITIS; NEWBORN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE; VAGINA;

EID: 38149022523     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.08.061     Document Type: Article

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