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Cummings, B.M., Paris, J.J., Batten, J.N. et al. Dispute between physicians and family on surgical treatment for an infant with ultra short gut syndrome: the perspective of an Ethics Committee. J Perinatol 38, 781–784 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-018-0162-3
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