Grand Rounds–University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff: Pyrexia of unknown origin: The difficulty of establishing a diagnosis

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7080, 1997, Pages 583-

  Evans, Richard H ^a   Mansel, R E ^a   Borysiewicz, L K ^a   Williams, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 85007773456     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7080.583     Document Type: Article

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