Whipple's disease with esophageal and colonic involvement: Endoscopic and histopathologic findings

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-266

  Marcial, M A ^a   Villafana, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030846231     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70098-1     Document Type: Article

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