Quotidian High Spiking Fevers in Adult Still’s Disease
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Quotidian High Spiking Fevers in Adult Still’s Disease
BACKGROUND Adult Still's disease (ASD) is a rare systemic inflammatory condition, which commonly presents with the triad of quotidian fevers, rash, and non-specific rheumatologic symptoms such as myalgia and arthralgia. The etiology and pathogenesis are poorly understood and both the clinical presentation and laboratory data are typically nonspecific. As such, the presentation is often confused...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1941-5923
DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.903178