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Pyloric Stenosis

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Vilas-Boas, F., Baldaque-Silva, F., Carneiro, F., Macedo, G. (2017). Pyloric Stenosis. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1676

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