Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4157692 | Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Herein is reported case of an otherwise healthy full-term infant girl who presented with numerous spontaneous intestinal perforations with congenital absence of intestinal muscularis mucosae and muscularis propria. Few other cases are reported in the English literature with varying presentations. We review those cases, theories of pathogenesis, embryology, and possible connections to various clinical presentations.
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Authors
Daniel Stephens, Robert Arensman, Srikumar Pillai, Victoria Alagiozian-Angelova,