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Swarnakar, R., Santra, S. Personal hygiene care in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: an Indian perspective. Spinal Cord Ser Cases 6, 76 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-020-00328-8
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