Fever as a sign of urinary tract infection

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-123

  Shaw, Kathy N ^a,c   Gorelick, Marc H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

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EID: 0007955788     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-8401(00)90016-8     Document Type: Article

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