Intracranial germinoma presenting as pseudo precocious puberty in a child with Down syndrome
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عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1391-5452', '2386-110X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i3.10265