Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , March 2007

A Teenage Girl with Acute Back Pain

Presented at the Section on Emergency Medicine Emergi–Quiz competition at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, October 7, 2006.

  • Jennifer R. Marin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Jennifer R. Marin, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

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PII: S1522-8401(07)00008-0

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.02.007

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , March 2007

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