Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 123-130 , June 2007

The Runny Nose in the Emergency Department: Rhinitis and Sinusitis

  • Ronald M. Ferdman, MD, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Ronald M. Ferdman, MD, MEd, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Mailstop #75, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027.
    • ,
  • Jeffrey F. Linzer Sr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.06.003

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 123-130 , June 2007

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