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Questionnaire design: the good, the bad and the pitfalls 问卷设计:好的，坏的和陷阱

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-02-24 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309450

Denise Thwaites Bee, D. Murdoch-Eaton

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引用次数: 26

Drug allergy: diagnosis and management of drug allergy in adults, children and young people; a look at NICE guidance 药物过敏:成人、儿童和青少年药物过敏的诊断和管理看看NICE指南

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-02-23 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308222

H. Sadreddini, E. Starkey

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引用次数: 23

A congenital purplish tumour 先天性紫色肿瘤

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-02-23 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309475

L. Matarazzo, A. Delise, F. Zennaro, R. Bussani, S. Demarini, I. Berti, A. Ventura

引用次数: 0

How to use faecal calprotectin in management of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease 如何使用粪钙保护蛋白治疗儿童炎症性肠病

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-02-04 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307941

A. Saha, M. Tighe, A. Batra

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引用次数: 12

Fifteen-minute consultation: Medically unexplained symptoms 15分钟咨询:医学上无法解释的症状

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-02-02 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309344

D. J. Cottrell

引用次数: 12

A 6-month-old boy with bilateral breast enlargement 一个双侧乳房增大的六个月大男孩

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-02-02 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309415

G. Karagüzel, S. Kul, M. Imamoglu, A. Ökten, G. Karagüzel

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引用次数: 0

How to interpret malaria tests 如何解读疟疾检测结果

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-02-02 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309048

E. Dyer, T. Waterfield, M. Eisenhut

引用次数: 4

An unusual cause of back pain 引起背痛的不寻常原因

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-01-27 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308974

Michael Malley, M. Monaghan, Alisha Esmail, C. Neophytou, A. Cheng

引用次数: 0

A diagnosis not to get stuck on 一个不能被困住的诊断

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-01-22 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309900

K. Keown, C. Hart, Michael Moran, A. Thompson

引用次数: 0

Public and patient involvement in paediatric research 公众和患者参与儿科研究

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition Pub Date : 2016-01-22 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309500

J. Bate, Neil Ranasinghe, R. Ling, J. Preston, R. Nightingale, S. Denegri

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引用次数: 32