Giant cell arteritis - A rare cause of fever of unknown origin in India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 846-848

  Sood, Rita ^a   Zulfi, H ^a   Ray, R ^a   Handa, R ^a   Wali, J P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0036593630     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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