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Research Article

A Comparison of Collagen and PTFE Patch Repair in a Rabbit Model of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

John C. Lantis II, E. Kerry Gallivan, Ron Hekier, Raymond Connolly, Steven D. Schwaitzberg, Timothy Crombleholme Department of Surgery, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pages 319-325 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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