Evaluation of 80 children with prolonged fever

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 564-569

  Cogulu, Ozgur ^a   Koturoglu, Guldane ^a   Kurugol, Zafer ^a   Ozkinay, Ferda ^a   Vardar, Fadil ^a   Ozkinay, Cihangir ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnostic procedures; Fever; Fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVALUATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEOPLASM; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242408384     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2003.01793.x     Document Type: Article

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