Recurrent Fever and Mouth Ulcers in a Healthy Child.

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center; and Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.

Published: September 2017


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