FACTITIOUS FEVER
Authors: R G PETERSDORF, I L BENNETT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 June 1957FACTITIOUS FEVERROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D., IVAN L. BENNETT JR., M.D.ROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, IVAN L. BENNETT JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-6-1039 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe problem of elucidating the etiology of fever is one of the most fascinating and challenging that confronts the physician. It is of course well recognized that fever can be a prominent manifestation of many diseases of widely diversified etiology, and that the diagnostic possibilities in any given case may be legion. Furthermore, because body temperature is routinely recorded in clinical practice and considered to be an "objective" physical finding, its reliability is rarely questioned. 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MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication August 6, 1956.From the Biological Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland.†Fellow of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert G. Petersdorf, M.D., The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 5, Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHabitual Hyperthermia: An Interpretive Paradigm of the 20th Century? 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CREGER, M.D.FACTITIOUS FEVER OF UNUSUAL ORIGINParoxysmal MyoglobinuriaFever, Fraud, and Failure 1 June 1957Volume 46, Issue 6Page: 1039-1062KeywordsEtiologyFeversHypoglycemiaPoliomyelitisTemperature ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...