33-year-old man with chest pain and fever

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-184

  Sabers, Candace J ^a   Levy, Nat T ^a   Bowen, Juan M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NOTE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0032972191     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/74.2.181     Document Type: Article

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