A hand-carried diagnosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2407-2411

  Greenstone, Clinton L ^a,b   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b   Moseley, Richard H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; MESTRANOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SYPHILIS; SYPHYLITIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 34250010934     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps062271     Document Type: Article

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