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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, 110 095, India

    Pooja Dewan & Dheeraj Shah

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Dewan, P., Shah, D. A writer’s dilemma: Where to publish and where not to?. Indian Pediatr 53, 141–145 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-016-0809-0

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