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  • 1Clinique médicale pédiatrique, CHU Nantes, Hôtel-Dieu, 1 place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44093 Nantes Cedex 1, France; Service de réanimation pédiatrique, 38 boulevard Jean-Monnet, 44093 Nantes Cedex 1, France.

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