Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 238-243 , December 2008

Fever: Parental Concerns

  • Arezoo Zomorrodi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Arezoo Zomorrodi, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, P.O. Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899.
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  • Magdy William Attia, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2008.09.007

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 238-243 , December 2008

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