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Letter to the Editor regarding the article “Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates: factors related to failure of thoracoscopic repair”

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A Letter to the Editor to this article was published on 17 February 2017

The Original Article was published on 01 August 2016

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  1. Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

    Mikihiro Inoue, Keiichi Uchida & Masato Kusunoki

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Inoue, M., Uchida, K. & Kusunoki, M. Letter to the Editor regarding the article “Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates: factors related to failure of thoracoscopic repair”. Pediatr Surg Int 33, 513–514 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-016-4055-2

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