Fever in the elderly

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-99

  Norman, D C ^a   Yoshikawa, T T ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEVER; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW;

EID: 0029865884     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70288-9     Document Type: Article

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