Air Medical Journal
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Page 103 , May 2006

Neonatal herpes infection

  • Jeffrey Thomas, RN, BSN, NREMT-P (Flight Nurse Specialist)

      Affiliations

    • Jeffrey Thomas, RN, BSN, NREMT-P, is a flight nurse specialist with Survival Flight at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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PII: S1067-991X(06)00017-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2006.02.005

Air Medical Journal
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Page 103 , May 2006