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Salvi, P.S., Cowles, R.A. (2022). Short Bowel Syndrome and Intestinal Lengthening Procedures. In: Coppola, C.P., Kennedy, Jr, A.P., Lessin, M.S., Scorpio, R.J. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96542-6_31

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