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  1. Department of Neonatology and Pediatrics, SKIMS, Srinagar, India

    Sheikh Mushtaq Ahmed, Umar Amin Qureshi, Akhter Rasool, Bashir Ahmed Charoo & Qazi Iqbal

  2. Department of Neonatology and Pediatrics, SKIMS, Post Box no 1402 GPO, Srinagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India

    Umar Amin Qureshi

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, 2, BSZ, Marg, New Delhi, 110002, India

    Jyoti Bagla & Devendra Mishra

  4. Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Roumi Deb

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    Sunil Kumar Gupta & B. Venkat Ratnam

  6. Vardhman Nuclear Medicine Centre, SDM Hospital, Jaipur, India

    Sunil Kumar Gupta & B. Venkat Ratnam

  7. Department of Pediatrics, BLDEA’s Shri B M Patil, Medical College & Research Centre, Bijapur, Karnataka, India

    CP Rath, Arvind Akki, SV Patil & SS Kalyanshettar

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Ahmed, S.M., Qureshi, U.A., Rasool, A. et al. Research letters. Indian Pediatr 48, 66–73 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-011-0013-1

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