Fever of unknown origin in 185 paediatric patients: A single-centre experience

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-466

  Pasic, Srdjan ^a,b   Minic, Aleksandra ^a   Djuric, Predrag ^a   Micic, Dragan ^a   Kuzmanovic, Milos ^a   Sarjanovic, Ljudmila ^a   Markovic, Milanka ^a  

^a Mother and Child Health Institute Belgrade rs   (Serbia)

^b Mother and Child Health Institute Dr Vukan Čupić ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Children; Fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33646678473     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250500437549     Document Type: Article

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