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Auto-immune work-up was carried out at the laboratory of Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi.
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Chawla, D., Mishra, D., Singh, S. et al. Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis. Indian J Pediatr 86, 91–92 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-018-2702-4
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