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Cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure in children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts

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Steinbok, P. Cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure in children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Childs Nerv Syst 24, 505–506 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0563-7

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