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Rigors

MedGen UID:
603459
•Concept ID:
C0424790
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Rigor; Rigours
SNOMED CT: Rigors (38880002); Rigor (38880002)
 
HPO: HP:0025145

Definition

Severe chills with violent shivering. A rigor is an episode of shaking or exaggerated shivering which can occur with a high fever. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRigors

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PubMed

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Etiology

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Diagnosis

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Am Fam Physician 2011 Sep 15;84(6):653-60. PMID: 21916390
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Necrobacillosis.
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Therapy

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Necrobacillosis.
Eykyn SJ
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Prognosis

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Clinical prediction guides

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The physical examination in heart failure--Part I.
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8. Drug allergy.
Greenberger PA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006 Feb;117(2 Suppl Mini-Primer):S464-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.11.002. PMID: 16455348
Ehrlichiosis.
Harkess JR
Infect Dis Clin North Am 1991 Mar;5(1):37-51. PMID: 2051014

Recent systematic reviews

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