Severe sore throat as a presenting symptom of adult onset Still's disease: A case series and review of the literature

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 592-597

  Nguyen, Katherine H Y ^a   Weisman, Michael H ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adult onset Still's disease; review; sore throat

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; FLURBIPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; NAPROXEN; PENTAZOCINE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 0030946782     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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