A square peg in a round hole

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 379-383

  Saint, Sanjay ^a   Saha, Somnath ^a   Tierney Jr , Lawrence M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; METFORMIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MENOPAUSE; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ANOREXIA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURIA; VISION DISORDERS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032484877     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199802053380608     Document Type: Article

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