Children with pneumonia: how do they present and how are they managed?

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Published in Arch Dis Child on January 29, 2007

Authors

Julia E Clark1, Donna Hammal, David Spencer, Fiona Hampton

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatric Infectious Disease, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle, UK. Julia.clark@nuth.nhs.uk

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