Fever of Unknown Origin in Turkey

Infection

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 417-420

  Tabak, F ^a   Mert, A ^b   Celik, A D ^b   Ozaras, R ^b   Altiparmak, M R ^b   Ozturk, R ^b   Aktuglu, Y ^b  

^a University of Istanbul ^*  (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLLAGEN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0348107383     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-003-3040-6     Document Type: Review

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