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Original Article

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: A comparative study of incidence and other epidemiological characteristics in seven European regions

Rikke Neess Pedersen Department of Paediatrics, Odense University Hospital, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Ester Garne Department of Paediatrics, Kolding Hospital, Denmark
,
Maria Loane University of Ulster, Belfast, UK
,
Lars Korsholm Department of Statistics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
,
Steffen Husby Department of Paediatrics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
,
A Eurocat Working Group Department of Paediatrics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
,
Rikke Neess Pedersen Department of Paediatrics, Odense University Hospital, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Ester Garne Department of Paediatrics, Kolding Hospital, Denmark
,
Maria Loane University of Ulster, Belfast, UK
,
Lars Korsholm Department of Statistics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
,
Steffen Husby Department of Paediatrics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
&
A Eurocat Working Group
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Pages 599-604 | Received 20 Aug 2007, Accepted 19 Apr 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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