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. 1977 Feb;69(2):97–98.

Childhood Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia of Bochdalek

Sanya Adeyemi-Doro
PMCID: PMC2536888  PMID: 839580

Abstract

Congenital pleuroperitoneal diaphragmatic hernia usually presents in neonates. Children manifesting symptoms and signs after the neonatal period constitute a distinct, uncommon, and infrequently recognized group of patients. Occurrence in adults is also uncommon, with fewer than a hundred patients reported in the literature.

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