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Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin in Well-Appearing Young Febrile Infants

Borja Gomez, Silvia Bressan, Santiago Mintegi, Liviana Da Dalt, Daniel Blazquez, Izaskun Olaciregui, Mercedes de la Torre, Miriam Palacios, Paola Berlese and Aitor Ruano
Pediatrics November 2012, 130 (5) 815-822; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-3575
Borja Gomez
aPediatric Emergency Department Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain;
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Silvia Bressan
bDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy;
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Santiago Mintegi
aPediatric Emergency Department Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain;
cUniversity of the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Spain;
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Liviana Da Dalt
dDepartment of Pediatrics Ca’Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy;
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Daniel Blazquez
eDepartment of Pediatrics 12 de Octubre University Hospital, and
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Izaskun Olaciregui
fDepartment of Pediatrics, Donostia University Hospital, Donostia, Spain;
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Mercedes de la Torre
gPediatric Emergency Department, Niño Jesús Children’s University Hospital, Madrid, Spain;
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Miriam Palacios
hDepartment of Pediatrics Navarra Hospital Complex, Pamplona, Spain; and
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Paola Berlese
bDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy;
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Aitor Ruano
iDepartment of Pediatrics, Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain
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Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin in Well-Appearing Young Febrile Infants
Borja Gomez, Silvia Bressan, Santiago Mintegi, Liviana Da Dalt, Daniel Blazquez, Izaskun Olaciregui, Mercedes de la Torre, Miriam Palacios, Paola Berlese, Aitor Ruano
Pediatrics Nov 2012, 130 (5) 815-822; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3575

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Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin in Well-Appearing Young Febrile Infants
Borja Gomez, Silvia Bressan, Santiago Mintegi, Liviana Da Dalt, Daniel Blazquez, Izaskun Olaciregui, Mercedes de la Torre, Miriam Palacios, Paola Berlese, Aitor Ruano
Pediatrics Nov 2012, 130 (5) 815-822; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3575
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