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Refractory bleeding following major surgery of a giant sacrococcygeal teratoma in a premature infant: successful use of recombinant factor VIIa

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  1. Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Children’s Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72076 , Tübingen, Germany

    Monika Girisch, Ralf Rauch & Michael Hofbeck

  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Roman Carbon

  3. University Children’s Hospital, Erlangen, Germany

    Thomas Habash

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Girisch, M., Rauch, R., Carbon, R. et al. Refractory bleeding following major surgery of a giant sacrococcygeal teratoma in a premature infant: successful use of recombinant factor VIIa. Eur J Pediatr 163, 118–119 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1369-6

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