Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 53-57 , January 2003

Quality of life after gastric transposition for oesophageal atresia

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, Lewis Spitz, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WCIN 1EH, England.

PII: S0022-3468(02)63017-9

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50009

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 53-57 , January 2003

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