| Literature DB >> 18839267 |
Paul R J Ames1, Emily Walker, Darren Aw, David Marshall, Francois de Villiers, Manfred Staber.
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The diagnosis of adult onset Still's disease is difficult in the absence of definite clinical and laboratory criteria. A delayed diagnosis of adult onset Still's disease was made in a 23-year-old female who developed multi-organ failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation with fingertip auto-amputation during a febrile illness considered septic due to the persistence of elevated serum procalcitonin concentration.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18839267 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-1010-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Rheumatol ISSN: 0770-3198 Impact factor: 2.980