Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 200-211 , August 2006

Anthrax: A Systematic Review of Atypical Presentations

  • Jon-Erik C. Holty, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
    • Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Jon-Erik C. Holty, MD, MS, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, H3143, Stanford, CA 94305-5236; 650-723-6381, fax 650-725-5489
    • ,
  • Rebecca Y. Kim, BA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Stanford–University of California San Francisco Evidence-based Practice Center, Stanford, CA

Received 5 May 2005 ,Revised 13 November 2005 ,Accepted 28 November 2005.

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 Supervising editor: Jonathan L. Burstein, MDFunding and support: This work was performed under the auspices of the Stanford-University of California San Francisco Evidence-based Practice Center under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (contract number 290-02-0017), Rockville, MD. The authors of this article are responsible for its contents, including any clinical or treatment recommendations. No statement in this article should be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The project also was supported in part by the Department of Veterans Affairs.Publication dates: Available online February 21, 2006.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(05)01975-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.11.035

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 200-211 , August 2006

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