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The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes

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  1. American Hospital of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Abeer Khayat M.D. (Chief of Pediatrics)

  2. Chief Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Florida College of Medicine and Wolfson Children's Hospital, Director Rainbow Center for Women, Adolescents, Children and Families, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Mobeen H. Rathore M.D., C.P.E., F.A.A.P. (Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Chairman)

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Khayat, A., Rathore, M.H. (2008). Treponema pallidum . In: The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes. Infectious Disease™. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-391-2_29

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