Purpura fulminans: recognition, diagnosis and management.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on January 12, 2011

Authors

E Chalmers1, P Cooper, K Forman, C Grimley, K Khair, A Minford, M Morgan, A D Mumford

Author Affiliations

1: Haemophilia Centre, Yorkhill Children's Hospital, Glasgow, UK.

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