Congenital diaphragmatic defects that present late.
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Congenital diaphragmatic defects that present late.
Twenty two patients (age range: 1 month to 11 years) were treated for congenital diaphragmatic defects (excluding hiatus hernia) in the six year period 1983-8. Presenting features were failure to thrive (n = 7), abdominal pain and vomiting (n = 4), chronic respiratory symptoms (n = 3), and inability to wean from ventilatory support (n = 3). The defect was an incidental finding in five patients....
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.64.11.1542