Bone marrow biopsy in the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1577-1580

  Benito, Natividad ^a   Núñez, Antonio ^a   De Górgolas, Miguel ^a   Esteban, Jaime ^a   Calabuig, Teresa ^a   Del Carmen Rivas, Maria ^a   Fernández Guerrero, Manuel L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CULTURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 1842367881     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.14.1577     Document Type: Article

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