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  1. KIMS Oman Hospital, Muscat, Oman

    Shashiraj Eswarappa MBBS, MD (Medicine), MRCP (UK)

  2. Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, India

    Babu Urumese Palatty MBBS, MD (Medicine)

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Eswarappa, S., Palatty, B.U. (2016). Acute Fever of Indeterminate Cause. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2710-6_42

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