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Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus

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Intestinal malrotation is a common name for a large variety of abnormalities of intestinal rotations and attachments that occur during fetal development.

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    Luisa Ferrero

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    Olivier Reinberg

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Ferrero, L., Becmeur, F., Reinberg, O. (2019). Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus. In: Lima, M., Reinberg, O. (eds) Neonatal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93534-8_27

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