Is laparotomy necessary in the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin?

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-92

  Ozaras, R ^a   Celik, A D ^a   Zengin, K ^a   Mert, A ^a   OzturkK, R ^a   Cicek, Y ^a   Tabak, F ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; Laparotomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SPLEEN; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 14844346522     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2005.11679673     Document Type: Article

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