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Reversible Vegetative State in a Child Due to Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms

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RS: Patient management and wrote the manuscript; NS: Critical review of the manuscript; HS: Patient management and reviewed the manuscript; PS: Concept, critical review, final approval and will act as guarantor for the paper.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopment, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India

    Renu Suthar, Naveen Sankhyan, Hansa Shree & Pratibha Singhi

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Suthar, R., Sankhyan, N., Shree, H. et al. Reversible Vegetative State in a Child Due to Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms. Indian J Pediatr 84, 249–250 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2265-1

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