A case of resistant tachycardia in a child with febrile status epilepticus

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Nakajima, Satoshi (Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine) ;
Nomura, Osamu (Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center) ;
Takei, Hirokazu (Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center) ;
Hagiwara, Yusuke (Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center) ;
Sumitomo, Naofumi (Division of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center)

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