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    Muhammad Abdullah Nizam, Ali Salim Lalani, Syed Asad Sibtain & Nabeel Ali Bhangar

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan

    Abdul Salam Alvi & Muhammad Maaz Hamdani

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Nizam, M.A., Alvi, A.S., Hamdani, M.M. et al. Reply to correspondence letter by Dr Sivanandan S and Dr Thukral A. Eur J Pediatr 179, 1337–1338 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-020-03618-3

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