Pyrexia of unknown origin in children: A review of 102 patients from Turkey

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-263

  Çiftçi, Ergin ^a   Ince, Erdal ^a   Doǧru, Ülker ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; MORBIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOPSY; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDITIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RADIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; TYPHOID FEVER; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 17944402309     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249303225007833     Document Type: Review

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