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Infective Endocarditis: Clinical and Autopsy Diagnosis

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Seth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India

    Sunil Karande & Sidaraddi Sanju

  2. Department of Pathology (Cardiovascular & Thoracic Division), Seth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

    Pradeep Vaideeswar

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This retrospective chart review study involving human participants was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The Institutional Ethics Committee-I (IEC-I) of our institution approved this study with waiver of consent being granted (Ref: EC/181/2016 on 6th Feb 2017).

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The manuscript is based on the dissertation which was submitted to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences for MD (Pediatrics) degree examination held in May 2019.

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Karande, S., Sanju, S. & Vaideeswar, P. Infective Endocarditis: Clinical and Autopsy Diagnosis. Indian J Pediatr 87, 1073–1074 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-020-03275-2

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