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Severely impaired wound healing in a Fontan patient after neurosurgery: a novel topic in univentricular heart physiology?

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  1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pulmonology, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Alexander Kovacevic & Klaus G. Schmidt

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Joerg Schaper

  3. Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Asklepios Klinik, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Martina Messing-Juenger

  4. Department of General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Thomas Hoehn

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Kovacevic, A., Schmidt, K.G., Schaper, J. et al. Severely impaired wound healing in a Fontan patient after neurosurgery: a novel topic in univentricular heart physiology?. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 1815–1817 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1726-8

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