Clinical problem-solving. Building a diagnosis from the ground up--a 49-year-old man came to the clinic with a 1-week history of suprapubic pain and fever.

Clinical problem-solving. Building a diagnosis from the ground up--a 49-year-old man came to the clinic with a 1-week history of suprapubic pain and fever.
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临床问题解决。

DOI:
10.1056/nejmcps055322
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发表时间:
2007
期刊:
The New England journal of medicine
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通讯作者:
Kauffman,CarolA
Kauffman,CarolA
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作者:
Watts,Brook;Argekar,Pushkar;Saint,Sanjay;Kauffman,CarolA

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