Letter to the Editor Open Access
Volume 4 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/biomedres.4.036
Pulmonary agenesis in a newborn
Stefan Bittmann1,*, Luchter E1, Lara Bittmann1, Elena Moschüring-Alieva1, Villalon G1
- 1Ped Mind Institute (PMI), Department of Pediatrics, Hindenburgring 4, D-48599 Gronau, Germany
Corresponding Author
Stefan Bittmann, bittmann@ped-mind-institute.de
Received Date: March 08, 2023
Accepted Date: June 08, 2023
Bittmann S, Luchter E, Bittmann L, Moschüring-Alieva E, Villalon G. Pulmonary agenesis in a newborn. J Biomed Res. 2023;4(1):61-63.
Copyright: © 2023 Bittmann S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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