A 3-year-old boy with fever and oral lesions

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 613-616

  Kreshak, Allyson A ^a   Ly, Binh T ^a   Edwards, Whitney C D ^b   Carson, Stephen H ^b  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; BENZOCAINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; PARACETAMOL; METHYLENE BLUE; REDUCING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MOUTH LESION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE OXIMETRY; STOMATITIS; VITAL SIGN; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYANOSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; BENZOCAINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANOSIS; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; METHYLENE BLUE; REDUCING AGENTS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

EID: 75549086016     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20091016-05     Document Type: Article

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