Interpretation of acute phase reactants (C-reactive protein and procalcitonin) in children with pneumonia.

Trop Doct

Infectious Diseases Registrar, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.

Published: October 2024

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