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Editorial

Magnet-mediated thoracic remodeling: a new approach to the sunken chest

Ramin Jamshidi Resident & Research Fellow in Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-321, Box 0470, San Francisco, CA 94118–0470, USA. [email protected]
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Michael Harrison Professor Emeritus of Pediatric Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW-1601, Box 0570, San Francisco, CA 94118–0570, USA. [email protected]
Pages 283-286 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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