The ''
AAP Red Book'', or ''Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an American professional association of pediatricians, headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. It maintains its Department of Federal Affairs office in Washington, D.C.
Background
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'', is a hardcover, softcover, and electronic reference to the "manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of some 200 childhood infectious diseases".
The ''Red Book'' first appeared as an eight-page booklet in 1938. The most-recent 28th edition, published in 2009, has grown to 984 pages.
External links
''AAP Red Book'' online
Medical manuals
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