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Riede, FT., Schulze, E., Vogt, L. et al. Irreversible cardiac changes after dexamethasone treatment for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Cardiol 22, 363–364 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002460010249
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