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Spontaneous Pneumothorax with Symmetrical Digital Gangrene -A Rare Complication of Chickenpox

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  1. Department of surgery, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, India

    Yashpal Singh & Tanvir Roshan Khan

  2. Department of Pediatrics, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, India

    K. P. Kushwaha

  3. 67-C, Dariyachak.Rasoolpur, Gorakhnath, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 273015, India

    Tanvir Roshan Khan

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Singh, Y., Khan, T.R. & Kushwaha, K.P. Spontaneous Pneumothorax with Symmetrical Digital Gangrene -A Rare Complication of Chickenpox. Indian J Pediatr 80, 706–707 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-012-0905-7

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