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Intrahepatic biliary cysts presenting before hepatic portoenterostomy in biliary atresia

Emmanuel Mas1, Fernando Alvarez, Luc L Oligny

  • 1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
|April 28, 2006
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