| Descriptor English: | Fever of Unknown Origin | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Fiebre de Origen Desconocido
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Febre de Causa Desconhecida | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Fièvre d'origine inconnue | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Unknown Origin Fever Unknown Origin Fevers |
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| Tree number(s): |
C23.888.119.344.345 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005335 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Fever in which the etiology cannot be ascertained. |
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| Annotation: | referred to as FUO; for ultimate determ of cause or origin coord FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN /etiol (IM) (not /diag) + disease /compl (IM) (not /diag) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Fever (1966-1970) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 74 |
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| History Note: | 74(71) |
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| DeCS ID: | 5445 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D005335 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1974/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 1999/11/03 |
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Fever of Unknown Origin
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0008422 |
| Scope note | Fever in which the etiology cannot be ascertained. |
| Preferred term | Fever of Unknown Origin |
| Entry term(s) |
Unknown Origin Fever Unknown Origin Fevers |
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