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Case Reports
. 2025 Nov;61(11):1795-1798.
doi: 10.1111/jpc.70196. Epub 2025 Sep 17.

Severe Headache in a Child With Rickettsial Infection: A Case Report

Devanshi Singhal  1 , Poornima Mittal  1 , Vani Gopal  1 , Aashima Dabas  1 , Monica Juneja  1
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Case Reports

Severe Headache in a Child With Rickettsial Infection: A Case Report

Devanshi Singhal et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 2025 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: azithromycin; idiopathic intracranial hypertension; scrub typhus.

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