Diagnosing night sweats

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1019-1024

  Viera, Anthony J ^a   Bond, Michael M ^b   Yates, Scott W ^c  

^a NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Family Practice Department ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE MACROGOL; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; DIAMORPHINE; DONEPEZIL; INDINAVIR; LEUPRORELIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; RITUXIMAB; SAQUINAVIR; TAMOXIFEN; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE; THYROTROPIN; ZALCITABINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MENOPAUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NIGHT SWEAT; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SWEATING;

EID: 0037334095     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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