Laboratory Aids for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis

Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1207-1222

  Weinberg, Geoffrey A ^a,b   D'Angio, Carl T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-160537-0/50038-4     Document Type: Chapter

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