Primary antiphospholipid syndrome: A cause of fever of unknown origin

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-361

  Ozaras, Resat ^a   Mete, Birgul ^a   Hakko, Elif ^a   Mert, Ali ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a   Bilir, Muammer ^a   Akman, Canan ^a   Ozturk, Recep ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Fever of unknown origin; Visceral thrombosis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PORTAL VEIN; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPLENIC VEIN; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037986757     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.358     Document Type: Review

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