Prospective evaluation of 140 patients with brucellosis in the southern region of Turkey

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-88

  Savas, Lutfu ^a   Onlen, Yusuf ^a,d   Savas, Nazan ^b   Yapar, Ali Fuat ^c   Aydin, Mehmet ^c   Tugal, Onder ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State Directorate of Ministry of Health   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MILK; ORCHITIS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34247169605     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000240863.82188.95     Document Type: Review

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