Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1920-1923 , October 2009

Vulvar lipomas in children: an analysis of 7 cases

  • Jung-Tak Oh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2228 2124; fax: +82 2 313 8289.
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  • Seung Hoon Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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  • Sung Gui Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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  • Myung Joon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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  • Woo Ick Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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  • Seok Joo Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea

Received 21 December 2008 ,Revised 11 February 2009 ,Accepted 20 February 2009.

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PII: S0022-3468(09)00198-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.063

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 10 , Pages 1920-1923 , October 2009

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