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Case 25. A 12-Year-Old Female Adolescent with Fever, Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Right-Hand Purpura, and Headache: Infective Endocarditis

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  1. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Wan-Chun Lai

  2. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Yhu-Chering Huang

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  1. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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  2. Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ping-Ing Lee

  3. Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan

    Po-Yen Chen

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Lai, WC., Huang, YC. (2023). Case 25. A 12-Year-Old Female Adolescent with Fever, Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Right-Hand Purpura, and Headache: Infective Endocarditis. In: Huang, YC., Lee, PI., Chen, PY. (eds) Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8_25

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