Anthropometric index for Pectus excavatum

Clinics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-606

  Rebeis, Eduardo Baldassari ^a   De Campos, José Ribas Milanez ^a   Fernandez, Ângelo ^a   Moreira, Luíz Felipe Pinho ^a   Jatene, Fabio B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry methods; Follow up; Funnel chest diagnosis; Funnel chest surgery; Thoracic wall abnormalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448963136     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000500011     Document Type: Article

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