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A secondary analysis of atypical presentations of older patients with infection in the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Thailand Cover

A secondary analysis of atypical presentations of older patients with infection in the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Thailand

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|Jan 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.1002.480 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
Language: English
Page range: 181 - 187
Published on: Jan 31, 2017
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