Fever of unknown origin in a Mediterranean survey from a division of internal medicine: Report of 91 cases during a 12-year-period (1991-2002)

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-225

  Mansueto, Pasquale ^a   Di Lorenzo, Gabriele ^a   Rizzo, Manfredi ^a   Di Rosa, Salvatore ^b   Vitale, Giustina ^a   Rini, Giovambattista ^a   Mansueto, Serafino ^a   Affronti, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Department of General and Emergency Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen vascular disease; Fever of unknown origin; Follow up; Infection; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49649123366     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-008-0129-z     Document Type: Article

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