Anatomy of undiagnosed fever--a physician's perspective.
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چکیده
Undiagnosed fever is a vexing problem. The reasons why fever remains undiagnosed can be inherent to the underlying pathology, our shortcoming(s) or both. This article describes "our" causes based on cases seen over the years. It is apparent that with proper attention to details mystery of at least some undiagnosed fevers can be solved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 62 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014