Modified sternal elevation for children with pectus excavatum

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 451-454

  Hu, Tingze ^a   Feng, Jiexiong ^a   Liu, Wenying ^a   Jiang, Xiaoping ^a   Wei, Fukang ^a   Tang, Yunman ^a   Wu, Xuedong ^a   Luo, Qicheng ^a   Min, Liu ^a  

^a WEST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Modified sternal elevation; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STERNUM; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0040518592     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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