The meaning of night sweats.
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Night sweats
Although night sweating is a common outpatient complaint medical, literature on this subject is scarce. Tuberculosis, brucellosis and lymphoma are diseases in which night sweating is a dominant symptom, but these are infrequently found to be the cause of night sweats in modern practice. While these diseases remain important diagnostic considerations in patients with night sweats, other diagnosi...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
دوره 51 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005