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  1. Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Shilpa Khanna Arora

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi, 110095, India

    Dheeraj Shah

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Arora, S.K., Shah, D. Writing methods: How to write what you did?. Indian Pediatr 53, 335–340 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-016-0847-7

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