Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 166-173 , February 1999

Occult Pneumonias: Empiric Chest Radiographs in Febrile Children With Leukocytosis

Presented at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, May 1996.

Received 23 February 1998 ,Revised 31 August 1998 ,Accepted 18 September 1998.

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