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Indian childhood cirrhosis: Copper ingestion, penicillamine treatment and prevention

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Tanner, M.S. Indian childhood cirrhosis: Copper ingestion, penicillamine treatment and prevention. Indian J Pediatr 54, 467–471 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02749037

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