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Adult Onset Still's Disease: A Cause of Pyrexia of Unknown Origin
Author(s) -
Hall S.,
Epstein I.,
Littlejohn G. O.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1982.tb03836.x
Subject(s) - medicine , leukocytosis , rash , polyarthritis , adult onset still's disease , fever of unknown origin , disease , dermatology , pediatrics , high fever , disease entity , pathology , immunology , arthritis , surgery
Adult onset Still's disease: a cause of pyrexia of unknown origin. S. Hall, I. Epstein and G. O. Littlejohn. Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1982, 12 , pp. 522–524. A case of adult onset Still's disease is reported. A middle aged woman presented with prolonged high fever, rash, polyarthritis, leukocytosis and abnormal liver function tests. The clinical features and multisystem nature of this condition are emphasised.