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Liver and biliary tract

Increasing occurrence of choledochal malformations in children: a single-center 37-year experience from Finland

Maria HukkinenPediatric Liver and Gut Research Group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Antti KoivusaloSection of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Harry LindahlSection of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Risto RintalaSection of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Mikko P. PakarinenPediatric Liver and Gut Research Group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Section of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1255-1260 | Received 09 Jun 2014, Accepted 06 Jul 2014, Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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