Clinical spectrum of fever of unknown origin among Indian children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Joshi, Neha ^a,b   Rajeshwari, K ^a   Dubey, A P ^a   Singh, T ^a   Kaur, R ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMODIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 59949086565     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X375413     Document Type: Article

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