Hepatitis A infection mimicking adult onset Still's disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1792-1795

  Sridharan, Sudhakar ^a   Mossad, Sherif ^a   Hoffman, Gary ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Still's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 0033925698     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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