Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 211-212 , December 2008

Fever: A Symptom for the Ages

  • Jeffrey R. Avner, MD, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Jeffrey R. Avner, MD, Director, Children's Emergency Service, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

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PII: S1522-8401(08)00065-7

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2008.09.001

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 211-212 , December 2008

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