Early Human Development
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 71-78 , December 2003

Anti-reflux surgery for the neonatal intensive care-dependent infant

  • N Barnes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM), Hammersmith Campus, London W12 0HS, UK
    • Dr. N. Barnes was responsible for gathering the clinical information on each patient, and for writing the manuscript.
    • ,
  • N Robertson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM), Hammersmith Campus, London W12 0HS, UK
    • Dr. N. Robertson contributed to the writing of the manuscript.
    • ,
  • K Lakhoo

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
    • Dr. K. Lakhoo had the original idea for this project, gathered some of the clinical data and supervised the writing of the manuscript.

,Accepted 9 September 2003.

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☆ Presented at the 48th Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, London, England, July 17th–20th 2001.

PII: S0378-3782(03)00148-8

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2003.09.002

Early Human Development
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 71-78 , December 2003

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