Congenital anomalies of the esophagus

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-193

  El Gohary, Yousef ^a   Gittes, George K ^a   Tovar, Juan A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duplication cyst; Esophageal atresia; Esophageal stenosis; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESOPHAGEAL DUPLICATION CYST; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS CYST; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953936352     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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