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Dehydration: the main cause of fever during the first week of life
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- Published on: 23 July 2004
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Dear Editor,
F. Tiker et al [1] from Ankara have again drawn attention to dehydration as the main factor leading to fever during the first week of life and have listed the many investigations they considered necessary to rule out more serious causes. Others in recent years have reported similar findings and conclusions[2,3].
All have agreed that rehydration leads to rapid resolution of the feve...
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