Fever of unknown origin

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-530

  Williams, John ^a   Bellamy, Richard ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; EYE PAIN; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TICK BITE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 55049095171     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-5-526     Document Type: Article

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