Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 117-120 , June 2009

Sonogram Before and After Pyloromyotomy: The Pyloric Ratio in Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

  • Yu-Lan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Hung-Chang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 92, Section 2, Chung-San North Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Yan Yeung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing, and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wai-Tao Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chuen-Bin Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing, and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jin-Cherng Sheu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Nien-Lu Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 27 August 2008 ,Revised 5 November 2008 ,Accepted 29 December 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60046-2

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60046-2

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 117-120 , June 2009

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