Quality of Life and Anorectal Malformations: A Single-Center Experience |
Scire, Gabriella
(Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics, and Gynecology, Pediatric Fertility Lab, Women & Child Hospital, University of Verona)
Gabaldo, Riccardo (Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics, and Gynecology, Pediatric Fertility Lab, Women & Child Hospital, University of Verona) Dando, Ilaria (Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona) Camoglio, Francesco S. (Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics, and Gynecology, Pediatric Fertility Lab, Women & Child Hospital, University of Verona) Zampieri, Nicola (Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics, and Gynecology, Pediatric Fertility Lab, Women & Child Hospital, University of Verona) |
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