Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , February 2005

Megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome

  • Prem Puri

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Professor Prem Puri, MS, FRCS, Children’s Research Centre, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland
    • ,
  • Masato Shinkai

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2004.10.026

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , February 2005

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