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Management of Patient with Vein of Galen Malformation

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A 5-month-old female child brought to the emergency room with the history of failure to thrive, excessive sweating, and unable to take the breastfeed in single sitting. The patient is a preterm neonate delivered by cesarean section for fetal distress, with a birth weight of 1.5 kg.

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    Kiran Jangra, Sanket Agrawal & Shiv Lal Soni

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Jangra, K., Agrawal, S., Soni, S.L. (2020). Management of Patient with Vein of Galen Malformation. In: Prabhakar, H., Rajan, S., Kapoor, I., Mahajan, C. (eds) Problem Based Learning Discussions in Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0458-7_29

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