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Children of any age can and most, at some point, do develop fever. It can appear quickly and, in infants and children, often rises to alarmingly high levels, although children tolerate temperature extremes more readily than adolescents or adults.
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Gershwin, M.E., Klingelhofer, E.L. (1998). Fever. In: Taking Charge of Your Child’s Allergies. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6685-1_19
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