Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 184-190 , September 2008

Apparent Life-Threatening Events in the Young Infant and Neonate

  • Jean M. Silvestri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Jean M. Silvestri, MD, Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Rush Children's Hospital, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2008.06.008

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 184-190 , September 2008

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