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Gillam-Krakauer, M., Hagadorn, J.I. & Reese, J. Pharmacological closure of the patent ductus arteriosus: when treatment still makes sense. J Perinatol 39, 1439–1441 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0518-3
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