Chest Pain in Children
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Chest Pain in Children References:
Cava JR, Sayger PL. Chest pain in children and adolescents. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2004 Dec;51(6):1553-68, viii.
Leung AK, Giuffre RM. Pediatric chest pain. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2004 Nov-Dec;43(9):863.
Massin MM, Bourguignont A, Coremans C, Comte L, Lepage P, Gerard P. Chest pain in pediatric patients presenting to an emergency department or to a cardiac clinic. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2004 Apr;43(3):231-8.
Sundararaghavan S, Pitts TY, Suarez WA, Johnstone C. Chest pain among adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005 Sep;21(9):603-5.
