American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages A27-A28 , January 2009

Quiz Page January 2009: Retrocardiac Mass Identified at Birth

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 Case provided and authored by Hyewon Hahn, MD,1 Su-Yeon Park, MD,1,2 Ji-Hyun Eom, MD,1 and Sung-Won Park, MD,3 1Department of Pediatrics, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon; 2Department of Pediatrics, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju; and 3Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.Address correspondence to Hyewon Hahn, MD, 139-711, Department of Pediatrics, Eulji General Hospital, 280-1, Hagye, Nowon, Seoul, Korea. E-mail: petercat67@gmail.com

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PII: S0272-6386(08)01316-4

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.017

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages A27-A28 , January 2009

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