Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 8 , Pages 1575-1580 , August 2010

The feasibility of using an endoluminal device for intestinal lengthening

Received 11 November 2009 ,Revised 13 March 2010 ,Accepted 15 March 2010.

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☆ Outside support: Fubon Foundation, March of Dimes Foundation.

☆☆ The material contained in this manuscript has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication and will not be sent to another journal until a decision is made concerning publication by the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

PII: S0022-3468(10)00289-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.03.015

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 8 , Pages 1575-1580 , August 2010

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