71-Year-old woman with fever and altered mental status

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-240

  Chee, Cheng E ^a   Mohr, David N ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 33846785235     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.2.237     Document Type: Article

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