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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

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Diaphragmatic hernia of the newborn is a congenital malformation due to an anomaly on the diaphragm’s development causing the herniation of the abdominal viscera into the thorax.

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Lima, M., Maffi, M., Parente, G., Cordola, C. (2019). Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. In: Lima, M., Reinberg, O. (eds) Neonatal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93534-8_13

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