Pyrexia and lymphadenopathy in a south Asian woman

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 336-338

  Teng, Teng Chung ^a   Chowdhury, Nada ^a   Piper, Kim ^b   Chowdhury, Tahseen A ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NIGHT SWEAT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; RICKETTSIOSIS; RIGOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3142671589     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.7.336     Document Type: Article

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