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Manuscript Collections

C. Everett Koop papers, 1933-2005 (bulk 1980-1998)

Audiovisual Materials

Conjoined twins. Charlotte, N.C.: Gentle Pulse Video, 1984.

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Omphalopagus twins: complete appraisal for successful separation. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical Sciences Teaching Laboratories, 1982.

Separation of conjoined twins. Woodbury, CT: Davis & Geck Surgical Video Library, 1993.

Siamese twins. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 1995.

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Surgical separation of ischiopagus tripus conjoined twins. Dallas: University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas Dept. of Biomedical Communications, 1979.