Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 206-214 , February 2003

Utility of the peripheral blood white blood cell count for identifying sick young infants who need lumbar puncture

Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Society national meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 2001.

Received 9 March 2002 ,Revised 7 September 2002 ,Accepted 12 September 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: Bema K. Bonsu, MBChB, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus OH 43213; 614-722-4385; E-mail bonsub@pediatrics.ohio-state.edu.

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.9

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 206-214 , February 2003

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