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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University Hospital of Antwerp, Wilrijkstreet 10, B-2650, Edegem, Belgium

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van Overmeire, B. (2005). Comparison of Indomethacin and Ibuprofen. In: Obladen, M., Koehne, P. (eds) Interventions for Persisting Ductus Arteriosus in the Preterm Infant. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26509-0_13

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