Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32934036›Full record

ArticleClinical medicine (London, England)2020

The diagnostic value of

Wan Zhu, Wenxia Cao, Xuting Zheng, Xuena Li, Yaming Li, Baiyi Chen, Jingping Zhang

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Article in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wan ZhuThe First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Wenxia CaoThe First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Xuting ZhengThe First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Xuena LiThe First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Yaming LiThe First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Baiyi ChenThe First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Jingping ZhangThe First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China zjp809302@163.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study investigated the clinical significance of

methodsPatients with a fever who received an

resultsAmong the 89 included patients, 66 were diagnosed using

conclusions

Indexed as

Fever of Unknown OriginFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansPositron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRetrospective StudiesFluorodeoxyglucose F1818F-FDG PET/CTbiochemical indicesCRPdiagnostic valuefever of unknown origin

Identifiers

PMID32934036
PMCPMC7539723

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