Whipple's Disease: Clinical, Biochemical, and Histopathologic Features and Assessment of Treatment in 29 Patients

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 539-551

  FLEMING, JON L ^a   WIESNER, RUSSELL H ^a   SHORTER, ROY G ^b  

^a Division of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine ^*

^b Division of Pathology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0023813853     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-6196(12)64884-8     Document Type: Article

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