Pooled analysis of 857 published adult fever of unknown origin cases in Turkey between 1990-2006

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Sipahi, Oguz Resat ^a   Senol, Sebnem ^a   Arsu, Guray ^a   Pullukcu, Husnu ^a   Tasbakan, Meltem ^a   Yamazhan, Tansu ^a   Arda, Bilgin ^a   Ulusoy, Sercan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; FUO; Pooled analysis; PUO; Pyrexia of unknown origin; Systematic review; Turkey

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DATA BASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LITERATURE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRUCELLOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 34447120657     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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