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Chapter 14 - Fever, hyperpyrexia, and hyperthermia

from Section II - Signs and symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2016

By
Andrea M. Hages  and
James W. Heitz
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James W. Heitz
James W. Heitz
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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Post-Anesthesia Care
Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management
 , pp. 97 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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