Passing the "TORCH"

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-5

  Tolan Jr , Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOB 3110 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHICKENPOX; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; HERPES VIRUS SAIMIRI; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; RUBELLA; SHARP COLLECT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; SYNDROME; SYNDROME TORCH; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 38149031783     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e3181373d27     Document Type: Short Survey

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