Complicated diverticular disease in a child with williams syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-236

  Garcia, Mary Abigail S ^a   Kling, Karen M ^b   Newbury, Robert O ^c,d   Huang, Jeannie S ^a,d  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDECTOMY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; STAPLER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL STAPLERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 66149098558     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31815c3b1b     Document Type: Article

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