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Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1345-1346

  Deprest, Jan ^a   Jani, Jacques ^a   Gratacos, Eduard ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros ^c   Nelson, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOTHERAPY; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; EARLY INTERVENTION; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HYPERPLASIA; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEA SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745489204     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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