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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Marc S. Lessin

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Danville, PA, USA

    Christopher P. Coppola

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Danville, PA, USA

    Alfred P. Kennedy, Jr

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Marc S. Lessin

  4. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Danville, PA, USA

    Ronald J. Scorpio

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Lessin, M.S. (2022). Non-malignant Splenic Disorders. 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_57

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