Fever of unknown origin in Israel

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 356-359

  Zamir, Doron ^a,d   Leibovitz, I ^a,b   Polychuck, I ^a   Reitblat, T ^a   Weiler, Z ^b   Zamir, C ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine D ^*  (Israel)

^b Medical Center   (Israel)

^c Health Office   (Israel)

^d BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collagen diseases; Infections; Malignancies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RURAL AREA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 1542621019     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2003.58.6.005     Document Type: Article

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