Bridging the Cleft Over the Throbbing Heart

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2310-2311

  Mathai, John ^a   Cherian, Vijit Koshy ^a   Chacko, Jacob ^a   Sen, Sudipta ^a   Karl, Sampath ^a   Pandyan, Murugu S ^a   Mathew, Alpha K ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; STERNUM; SUTURE; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX SURGERY;

HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; STERNUM;

EID: 33751173858     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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