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Letter to the Editor

Percutaneous laser photocoagulation of tumour vessels for the treatment of a rapidly growing sacrococcygeal teratoma in an extremely premature fetus

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Pages 1516-1518 | Received 31 Aug 2009, Accepted 18 Jan 2010, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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