Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 259-265 , November 2007

The laparoscopic approach of neuroblastoma

  • Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Kawashima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroo Uchida, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Saitama Children’s Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2007.06.008

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 259-265 , November 2007

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