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. 1994 Jan;70(1):F60-4; discussion F65. doi: 10.1136/fn.70.1.f60

Prevention and management of neonatal hypoglycaemia.

J M Hawdon 1, M P Ward Platt 1, A Aynsley-Green 1
PMCID: PMC1064070  PMID: 8117132

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