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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, The Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Philip Morreau

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children&s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Dakshesh H. Parikh

  2. Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom

    David C. G. Crabbe

  3. General Surgery Department, The Royal Children&s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Alexander W. Auldist

  4. The Mother and Child Hospital at Presbyterian/St. Luke&s Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

    Steven S. Rothenberg

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Morreau, P. (2009). Achalasia. 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_25

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