Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 25-28 , January 2003

New perspective for the management of near-total or total intestinal aganglionosis in infants

Presented at the 49th Annual Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Cambridge, England, July 23-26, 2002.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Mr J. de Ville de Goyet, Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, England.

PII: S0022-3468(02)63012-X

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50004

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 25-28 , January 2003

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