From prolonged febrile illness to fever of unknown origin: The challenge continues

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1033-1041

  Vanderschueren, Steven ^a   Knockaert, Daniël ^b   Adriaenssens, Tom ^b   Demey, Wim ^b   Durnez, Anne ^b   Blockmans, Daniël ^b   Bobbaers, Herman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0012355332     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.9.1033     Document Type: Article

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