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Button battery ingestion in children—what one needs to know?

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    Pazhanivel Mohan, Gangadhar Rao Gondu, Mohan Narasimhan & Ramesh Ardhanari

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Mohan, P., Gondu, G.R., Narasimhan, M. et al. Button battery ingestion in children—what one needs to know?. Indian J Gastroenterol 33, 385–386 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-013-0390-6

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