A victim of the Occam's razor

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 767-768

  Elia, Fabrizio ^a   Pagnozzi, Fiammetta ^a   Laface, Barbara ^a   Aprà, Franco ^a   Roccatello, Dario ^b  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti glomerular basement membrane disease; Diagnostic error; Fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84888293868     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-013-0954-6     Document Type: Letter

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