Ovid: Fever without apparent source on clinical examination
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Institution(s): Department of Pediatrics, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, USA Correspondence to Deepa Mukundan, MD FAAP, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toledo College of Medicine, 2222 Cherry Street, Suite 2300, Toledo, OH 43608, USA Tel: +1 419 251 8039; fax: +1 419 251 7715; e-mail: deepa. [email protected]
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