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

    Abeer Khayat M.D. (Chief of Pediatrics) & 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). Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Species. 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_27

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