The megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis (MMIH) syndrome in five female infants was first described by Berdon et all in 1976. This syndrome has since been described in seven additional female infantsZ8 and two male infants.'~~ The prenatal ultrasound appearance was described in four of t
Hydrometrocolpos and segmental colonic dilatation in a girl with megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome
✍ Scribed by PA DEWAN; N BROWN; DP MURTHY; B DANGA-CHRISTIAN; E HAAN; RW BYARD; DAK WATTERS
- Book ID
- 118707101
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 498 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1034-4810
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