A series of 22 patients with adult-onset Still's disease presenting with fever of unknown origin. A difficult diagnosis?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-53

  Baxevanos, Gerasimos ^a   Tzimas, Thomas ^a   Pappas, Georgios ^b   Akritidis, Nikolaos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina   (Greece)

^c G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adult onset Still's disease; Ferritin; Fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; D DIMER; FERRITIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856721337     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1761-y     Document Type: Article

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