Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 41, Issue 11 , Pages 1841-1845 , November 2006

Intestinal transplantation for short bowel syndrome secondary to gastroschisis

The abstract of this study was partly presented at the XX International Congress of the Transplantation Society, September 5-10, 2004, Vienna, Austria.

  • Motoshi Wada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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  • Tomoaki Kato

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Liver and GI Transplant, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Yutaka Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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  • G. Selvaggi

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Liver and GI Transplant, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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  • N. Mittal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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  • J. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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  • M. Gonzalez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Miami, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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  • S. Nishida

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Liver and GI Transplant, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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  • J. Madariaga

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Liver and GI Transplant, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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  • A. Tzakis

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Liver and GI Transplant, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA

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PII: S0022-3468(06)00458-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.06.010

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 41, Issue 11 , Pages 1841-1845 , November 2006

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