Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 974-979 , July 2001

Severe blunt hepatic trauma in children

Presented at the American College of Surgeons, Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma resident paper competition, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, November 1999.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Michael L. Nance, MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

PII: S0022-3468(01)75404-8

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.24720

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 974-979 , July 2001

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