Fever of unknown origin: A report from China of 208 cases

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 592-596

  Zhiyong, Zong ^a   Bingjun, L ^a   Xiaoju, L ^a   Xinjian, F ^a   Ping, F ^a   Wenya, W ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROGEN; TUBERCULIN; UREA;

ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCINTISCANNING; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COLLAGEN DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141502401     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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