The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 237-246 , April 2006

Uncovering a Pediatric Immunodeficiency Part 2

  • Victoria L. Anderson, MSN, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • Victoria L. Anderson, MSN, CRNP, graduated from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences family nurse practitioner program. She is an officer in the US Public Health Service, assigned to the National Institutes of Health, where she is the director of clinical services for the Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. She has disclosed that she has no financial relationships with business or industry.

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 This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

PII: S1555-4155(06)00162-0

doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2006.02.013

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 237-246 , April 2006

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