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Large Standard Deviation: Think Before You Write

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  1. Department of Surgery, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University of Delhi, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi, 110095, India

    Pankaj Kumar Garg

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Pankaj Kumar Garg

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Garg, P.K. Large Standard Deviation: Think Before You Write. World J Surg 39, 808–809 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2772-z

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