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01-04-2011 | Letter to the Editor

Comment on Turowski et al.: delayed diagnosis of imperforate anus: an unacceptable morbidity

Authors: Brooke E. Wilson, Andrew J. A. Holland

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 4/2011

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Comment on Turowski et al.: delayed diagnosis of imperforate anus: an unacceptable morbidity
Authors: Brooke E. Wilson
Andrew J. A. Holland
Publication date: 01-04-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-010-2812-1

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