Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 1275-1278 , August 2005

Pectus excavatum in a 112-year autopsy series: anatomic findings and the effect on survival

  • Robert E. Kelly Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • M. Louise Lawson

      Affiliations

    • Center for Epidemiology and Biostatics and Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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  • Charles N. Paidas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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  • Ralph H. Hruban

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA

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PII: S0022-3468(05)00370-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.05.010

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 1275-1278 , August 2005

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