A pediatric surgeon's 35-year experience with pilonidal disease in a Canadian children's hospital

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-42

  Nasr, Ahmed ^a   Ein, Sigmund H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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EID: 79551520355     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.028509     Document Type: Article

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