Antibiotic treatment and relapse in Whipple's disease. Long-term follow-up of 88 patients

Gastroenterology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 1867-1873

  Keinath, R D ^a,b   Merrell, D E ^a,b   Vlietstra, R ^a,b   Dobbins III, W O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PENICILLINS; RECURRENCE; STREPTOMYCIN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TETRACYCLINE; TIME FACTORS; WHIPPLE'S DISEASE;

EID: 0021846723     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(85)90012-5     Document Type: Article

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