Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , February 2007

Current management of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

  • Gudrun Aspelund, MD
    • ,
  • Jacob C. Langer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Jacob C. Langer, MD, University of Toronto, Division of General Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Room 1526, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2006.10.004

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , February 2007

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