Fever of unknown origin: a systematic review of the literature for 1995-2004

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-211

  Gaeta, Giovanni B ^a   Fusco, Francesco M ^a   Nardiello, Salvatore ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic clues; Diagnostic work up; Fever of unknown origin; FUO

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33646685937     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200603000-00002     Document Type: Article

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