Fever, cough, and syncope in a critically ill adolescent.

Adolesc Med State Art Rev

Division of Child and Adolescent Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, New York, USA.

Published: August 2012

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