Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 1479-1480 , October 1995

Colon perforation in a patient with hyperimmunoglobulin E (Job's) syndrome

  • Chung-Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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  • Hong-Shiee Lai

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Hong-Shiee Lai, MD, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Rd, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Chern-Long Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Kue-Shiung Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 1479-1480 , October 1995

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