Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1839-1843 , December 2005

Late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia

  • By the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Yoshihiro Kitano, Division of General Surgery at National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535 Japan.
    • The members of the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group are listed in the appendix.

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

☆ The writing committee for the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group (Yoshihiro Kitano, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo Japan; Kevin P. Lally and Pamela A. Lally, University of Texas–Houston, Houston, Tex) takes responsibility for the content of this article.

PII: S0022-3468(05)00680-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.08.023

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1839-1843 , December 2005

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