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  1. Institute of Social Pediatrics, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India

    M. Vinodh & Amudha Rajeshwari

  2. Southern Railway Head Quarter Hospital, Chennai, India

    Nibedita Mitra & C. Anandhi

  3. Department of Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Global Hospitals and Health City, Chennai, India

    Naresh P. Shanmugam & V. Jayanthi

  4. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical, Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India

    Moinak Sen Sharma & Ujjal Poddar

  5. A-D-7, Devi Marg Bani Park, Jaipur, 302016, India

    Yash Paul

  6. IAP Committee on Immunization, Bijnor, India

    Vipin M. Vashishtha

  7. Akash Vihar Kunraghat, 12 Air Force Hospital, Gorakhpur, 273 002, UP, India

    Vivek Kumar & Kiran Sodhi

  8. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, 226 014, India

    Banani Poddar

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Vinodh, M., Rajeshwari, A., Mitra, N. et al. Correspondence. Indian Pediatr 49, 156–162 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-012-0014-8

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Keywords

  • Kawasaki Disease
  • Biliary Atresia
  • INDIAN Pediatric
  • Tetanus Toxoid
  • Parathyroid Carcinoma