A pilot study of the impact of surgical repair on disease-specific quality of life among patients with pectus excavatum.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Journal of Pediatric Surgery

• Publication date

  2003-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00123-4PMID 12778393
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