Association of fever and severe clinical course in bronchiolitis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-234

  El Radhi, A Sahib ^a   Barry, William ^a   Patel, Swatee ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Disease severity; Fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHIOLITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032771153     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.3.231     Document Type: Article

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