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23.Bouchard ME, DeBoer C, Li J, Hu A, Papastefan S, Linton S, Green JR, Abdullah F, Goldstein SD. Weight gain and resource utilization in infants after fundoplication versus gastrojejunostomy. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Mar;38(3):485-492. doi: 10.1007/s00383-021-05031-9. Epub 2022 Jan 5. PMID: 34988651

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