The Spleen

Pediatric Surgery: Sixth Edition

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1691-1701

  Rescorla, Frederick J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-02842-4.50111-X     Document Type: Chapter

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