Fever of unknown origin in elderly patients
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Fever of unknown origin in elderly patients.
OBJECTIVE To describe the spectrum of diseases that may give rise to fever of unknown origin in elderly patients and to delineate the diagnostic approach in these patients. DESIGN Subgroup analysis of a prospectively collected case series followed more than 2 years. SETTING General Internal Medicine Service based at University hospital, Leuven, Belgium. PATIENTS Forty-seven consecutive pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0370-8179,2406-0895
DOI: 10.2298/sarh1102064t