Enhancing nurse practitioner understanding of urachal anomalies
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Urachal Anomalies in Children: Our Experience
The urachus is a tubular structure in intrauterine life and the failure of obliteration of its lumen can lead to various anomalies in post natal life namely; patent urachus, urachal sinus, urachal cyst or urachal diverticulim. These urachal anomalies may have symptomatic presentation such as watery umbilical discharge, swelling in the umbilical area or remain asymptomatic to be detected inciden...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1041-2972
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00580.x