Acute undifferentiated fever in children- an overview
Journal Title: Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 11
Abstract
Fever is one of the common reason for OPD as well as in patient admission department. Due to improvements of laboratory facilities & imaging the incidence and etiological profile of fever have drastically changed. Proper history taking and systematic examination remains the gold standard for fever evading diagnosis.
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Rabindran Rabindran, Mamta Verma
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