Lymphadenopathy: Differential diagnosis and evaluation

American Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1313-1320

  Ferrer, Robert ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ATENOLOL; CAPTOPRIL PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GOLD; HYDRALAZINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUINIDINE; SULFONAMIDE; SULINDAC;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031772632     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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