Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 305-310 , August 2007

In vitro fertilization and the cloacal/bladder exstrophy–epispadias complex: A continuing association

  • Hadley M. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, A100, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 216 444 2200x28681; fax: +1 216 455 2267.
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  • Denise Babineau

      Affiliations

    • Glickman Urological Institute and Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Wb4, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • ,
  • John P. Gearhart

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, The Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Marburg 148, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA

Received 29 August 2006 ,Accepted 20 October 2006.

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PII: S1477-5131(06)00210-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2006.10.007

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 305-310 , August 2007

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