Fever of unknown origin: Analysis of 71 consecutive cases

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Colpan, Aylin ^a,b   Onguru, Pinar ^a   Erbay, Ayse ^a   Akinci, Esragul ^a   Cevik, Mustafa Aydin ^a   Eren, Selim Sirri ^a   Bodur, Hurrem ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen vascular diseases; Fever of unknown origin; Infection; Neoplasm; Patient characteristics

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SPLENOMEGALY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 34547855846     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31812f5642     Document Type: Article

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