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. 1999 Mar;80(3):290–296. doi: 10.1136/adc.80.3.290

Emergency management of meningococcal disease

A Pollard 1, J Britto 1, S Nadel 1, C DeMunter 1, P Habibi 1, M Levin 1
PMCID: PMC1717850  PMID: 10325716

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