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01-03-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Abandoning dislodged shunt catheters—unraveling Pandora’s box

Authors: Rajesh P. Nair, Lakshman I. Kongwad

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Title: Abandoning dislodged shunt catheters—unraveling Pandora’s box
Authors: Rajesh P. Nair
Lakshman I. Kongwad
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3696-3