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Rise and Fall of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Low-Resource Settings: Lessons from the HELIX Trial: Correspondence

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Kumar, J., Kumar, P. Rise and Fall of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Low-Resource Settings: Lessons from the HELIX Trial: Correspondence. Indian J Pediatr 89, 309–310 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-021-03995-z

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