Strep Throat - References

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  • Bisno AL (2005). Pharyngitis. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 1, pp. 752–758. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

  • Del Mar C, Glasziou P (2005). Sore throat. Clinical Evidence (14): 1833–1839.

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