Fever of unknown origin

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9077, 1997, Pages 575-580

  Arnow, Paul M ^a   Flaherty, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0030787299     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)07061-X     Document Type: Review

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