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01-03-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter protrusion through the anus

Authors: S. A. Borkar, A. K. Mahapatra

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 3/2012

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Title: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter protrusion through the anus
Authors: S. A. Borkar
A. K. Mahapatra
Publication date: 01-03-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1684-1

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