Diagnostic testing of the febrile neonate: It is time to collaborate

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 508-509

  Kuppermann, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0038313038     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.6.508     Document Type: Editorial

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