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Review Article| Volume 49, ISSUE 4, P863-872, December 2022

In Utero Therapy for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

  • Marisa E. Schwab
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    Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA

    Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • Hanmin Lee
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    Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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  • KuoJen Tsao
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author.
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    Department of Pediatric Surgery and Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6410 Fannin Street, Suite 950, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Published:October 12, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clp.2022.07.008

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