Approach to the Adult Patient with Fever of Unknown Origin

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2223-2228

  Roth, Alan R ^a   Basello, Gina M ^a  

^a JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS;

EID: 0344630173     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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