The Bladder Exstrophy-epispadias-cloacal Exstrophy Complex

Pediatric Urology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 386-415

  Purves, J Todd ^a   Gearhart, John P ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3204-5.00030-X     Document Type: Chapter

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