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  1. Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India

    Amir Maroof Khan

  2. Department of Neonatology, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Siddarth Ramji

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Khan, A.M., Ramji, S. Reporting statistics in biomedical research literature: The numbers say it all. Indian Pediatr 53, 811–814 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-016-0936-7

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