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Ligation of the arterial duct in pre-term babies – where should it be done, and by whom?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

Carin van Doorn  and
Tjark Ebels
Carin van Doorn
Affiliation:
Institute of Child Health (University College London) and Great Ormond, Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
Tjark Ebels*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
*
Correspondence to: Tjark Ebels, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Tel: 0031 (0) 503611719; Fax: 0031 (0) 503611347; E-mail: T.Ebels@thorax.umcg.nl
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , October 2007 , pp. 470 - 471
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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