Amyand's hernia in a child with permanent neonatal diabetes due to pancreatic agenesis

Pediatric Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Giannattasio, Alessandro ^a   Campus, Riccardo ^b   Muraca, Monica ^a   Lucigrai, Giorgio ^b   Michelazzi, Alberto ^b   Eljerbi, Etayeb Mahmud ^b   Lorini, Renata ^a   D'Annunzio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyand's hernia; Neonatal diabetes; Pancreas agenesis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901818775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/pr.2009.e6     Document Type: Article

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