Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 118-122 , March 2009

When to Discharge Children Hospitalized With Pertussis?

  • Gideon Lurie, MBBS
    • ,
  • Peter W. Reed, DPhil
    • ,
  • Cameron C. Grant, PhD, MBChB, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Cameron C. Grant, PhD, FRACP, Department of Pediatrics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Wellesley Street, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.

Received 15 August 2008 ,Accepted 29 December 2008.

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PII: S1876-2859(09)00006-0

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.01.004

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 118-122 , March 2009

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