منابع مشابه
Possibilities and limits in the treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
AIM to establish a therapeutic strategy that will improve the prognosis and increase the survival rate in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. MATERIAL AND METHOD 14 congenital diaphragmatic hernias (incidence 1/1597 live births, 12 boys and 2 girls with a sex ratio of 6/1, 10 term infants and 4 preterm first degree, 11 natural births and 3 by caesarean section) admitted to the Clinic of Pediatri...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1888
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.1429.1056