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  1. Consultant Paediatrician & Honorary Senior Lecturer, Medical School Denver Close Petts Wood, Orpington Kent, BR6 OSB, UK

    A. Sahib El-Radhi FRCPCH, MRCP,Ph.D, DCH

  2. Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurology Chief, Section of Pediatric Neurology, The Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street Augusta, Georgia, 30912, USA

    James Carroll MD

  3. Division of Cell and Molecular Biology Institute of Child Health, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Infection and Immunology, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK

    Nigel Klein MBBS, BSc, PhD, MRCP, FRCPCH

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(2009). Measurement of Body Temperature. In: El-Radhi, A.S., Carroll, J., Klein, N. (eds) Clinical Manual of Fever in Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78598-9_4

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