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Case Reports

Tracheal agenesis with esophageal atresia: an autopsy case report of a variant incompatible with life

Kritika KrishnamurthyArkadi M. Rywlin M.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Jyotsna KochiyilMount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA;
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Robert J. PoppitiArkadi M. Rywlin M.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA; ;Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Pages 45-50 | Received 15 Apr 2019, Accepted 20 May 2019, Published online: 17 Jul 2019

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