Differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin in children

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 439-444

  Majeed, Hasan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CIMETIDINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; THALIDOMIDE;

APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEVER; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNDROME; TERATOGENICITY;

BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; PHARYNGITIS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033843965     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-200009000-00016     Document Type: Review

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