An uncommon cause of fever in the elderly: Late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 481-483

  Beyan, Esin ^a   Uzuner, Aysel ^a   Beyan, Cengiz ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fever; Fever of unknown origin; Lateonset systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRASOUND; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342456565     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0795-1     Document Type: Article

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