Malignancy in Chinese adults presenting as fever of unknown origin

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 508-512

  Wei, W ^a   Hesheng, Luo ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; INDOMETACIN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042564553     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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