Fever of unknown origin due to preleukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome: The diagnostic importance of monocytosis with elevated serum ferritin levels

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-282

  Cunha, Burke A ^a   Hamid, Naveed ^a   Krol, Vitaly ^a   Eisenstein, Lawrence ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; NAPROXEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMOPATHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCYTOSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRELEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FERRITINS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MONOCYTES; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PRELEUKEMIA;

EID: 33746224292     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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