Febrile children in the emergency department: Frequency and predictors of poor outcome.

Acta Paediatr

The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Published: March 2021

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