Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 377-381 , April 2001

Critical evaluation of a CLIA-waived streptococcal antigen detection test in the emergency department

Presented at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association annual meeting, Section on Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 1999.

Received 23 June 2000 ,Revised 22 November 2000 ,Accepted 15 December 2000.

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☆ Address for reprints: Genie E. Roosevelt, MD, MPH, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Box #62, The Children’s Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children’s Plaza, Chicago, IL 60614; 773-880-3935, fax 773-880-8267; E-mail geroos@nwu.edu.

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.114090

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 377-381 , April 2001

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