Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 244-249 , December 2008

Fever and Rash: A Changing Landscape in the 21st Century

  • Dimitri Laddis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Dimitri Laddis, MD, Children's Emergency Service, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467.
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  • Hnin Khine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
    • ,
  • David L. Goldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2008.09.008

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 244-249 , December 2008

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