Yield of bone marrow examination in diagnosing the source of fever of unknown origin

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2018-2023

  Hot, Arnaud ^a,b   Jaisson, Isabelle ^c   Girard, Charlotte ^a,b   French, Martine ^d   Durand, Denis Vital ^b,d   Rousset, Hugues ^b,d   Ninet, Jacques ^a,b  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73249115075     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.401     Document Type: Article

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