Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1822-1826 , December 2005

Congenital bronchial atresia in infants and children

  • Nobuyuki Morikawa

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 3416 0181; fax: +81 3 3416 2222.
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  • Tatsuo Kuroda

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Toshiro Honna

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Yoshihiro Kitano

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Yasushi Fuchimoto

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Kan Terawaki

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Kazuteru Kawasaki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Goro Koinuma

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Kentaro Matsuoka

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pathology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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  • Morihiro Saeki

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan

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 Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, May 22-26, 2005, Vancouver, Canada.

PII: S0022-3468(05)00677-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.08.021

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1822-1826 , December 2005

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