PAGOD syndrome: a new abdominal finding and risk of sudden death.

J Perinatol

Department of Radiology, St Louis Children's Hospital, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Published: May 2005

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