Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 777-779 , May 2001

Intestinal neuronal dysplasia: Results of treatment in 33 patients

Presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Chateau Montebello, Quebec, Canada, September 15-18, 2000.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Mr Prem Puri, MS, FRCS, FRCS(Ed), FACS, Director of Research, The Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland.

PII: S0022-3468(01)35062-5

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.22959

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 777-779 , May 2001

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