Published online February 1, 2008
PEDIATRICS Vol. 121 No. 2 February 2008, pp. 447-448 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-3385)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Perianal Abscesses: In Reply

Peter T. Masiakos, MD
Allan M. Goldstein, MD
Departments of Surgery and Pediatric Surgery

Emily R. Christison-Lagay, MD
Department of Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02114

Sigmund H. Ein, MD
Paul W. Wales, MD
Department of Surgery
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8

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