Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 184-189 , October 2009

Pediatric Critical Care—A New Frontier

  • Chu-Chuan Lin
    • ,
  • Kai-Sheng Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Veterans General Hospital, No. 386, Ta-Chung 1st Rd., Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 11 June 2009 ,Revised 8 July 2009 ,Accepted 15 July 2009.

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Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 184-189 , October 2009

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