Symptomatic Meckel's diverticulum in children: A 16-year review

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-577

  Menezes, Maria ^a   Tareen, Farhan ^a   Saeed, Atif ^a   Khan, Nasir ^a   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Meckel's diverticulum; Meckel's scan; Symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC STOMACH MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELENA; NEWBORN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; IRELAND; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42149104367     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-2094-4     Document Type: Article

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