[Diaphragmatic strangulated Bochdalek hernia: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction].

Pan Afr Med J

Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc.

Published: August 2012

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