Omphalocele: how big does it have to be a giant one?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1474-1475

  Campos, Bernardo Almeida ^a   Tatsuo, Edson Samesima ^a   Miranda, Marcelo Eller ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL WALL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; OMPHALOCELE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY;

EID: 67649304476     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.060     Document Type: Letter

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