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    Malcolm Simms

  2. West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Ashvini Menon

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  3. General Surgery Department, The Royal Children&s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Simms, M., Menon, A. (2009). Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. In: Parikh, D.H., Crabbe, D.C.G., Auldist, A.W., Rothenberg, S.S. (eds) Pediatric Thoracic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/b136543_44

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