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Images in paediatrics
A knotted problem
  1. Lakshmi Sundararajan
  1. Correspondence to Mrs Lakshmi Sundararajan, Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, Wales, UK; lnambirajan{at}hotmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2010.198556

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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