Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 101-108 , May 2007

Prenatal intervention for congenital diaphragmatic hernia

  • Yoshihiro Kitano, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Yoshihiro Kitano, MD, Division of General Surgery, Saitama Children’s Medical Center, 2100 Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama 339-8551, Japan.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2007.01.005

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 101-108 , May 2007

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