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Clarnette, T. (2009). Esophageal Foreign Bodies. In: Parikh, D.H., Crabbe, D.C.G., Auldist, A.W., Rothenberg, S.S. (eds) Pediatric Thoracic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/b136543_27

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