Etiology of obscure fever in children at a University Hospital in Northeast Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1243-1246

  Sripanidkulchai, Rosawan ^a,b   Lumbiganon, Pagakrong ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Srinagarind hospital   (Thailand)

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EID: 30344457596     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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