Current overview of pectus excavatum

Current Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-21

  Dalton, Martin L ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0042731905     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(00)00153-7     Document Type: Note

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