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Improvement and Defervescence of Persistent Fever After One Course of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in a Patient With Bacterial Infective Endocarditis

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    Musaab Ramsi, Rashed Durgham & Michael de Moor

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Ramsi, M., Durgham, R. & de Moor, M. Improvement and Defervescence of Persistent Fever After One Course of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in a Patient With Bacterial Infective Endocarditis. Pediatr Cardiol 33, 360–362 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-011-0138-y

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