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Extrusion of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt catheter

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sir Padampat Mother & Child Health Institute, (Jay Kay Lon Hospital), Jaipur, India

    Basant Kumar & Shyam B. Sharma

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, S.M.S Medical College, Jaipur-30, Rajasthan, India

    Deepak K. Singh

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Kumar, B., Sharma, S.B. & Singh, D.K. Extrusion of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt catheter. Indian J Pediatr 77, 336 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-009-0309-5

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