Diagnosis and monitoring of Whipple disease by polymerase chain reaction

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 520-527

  Ramzan, Nizar N ^a   Loftus, Edward ^a   Burgart, Lawrence J ^a   Rooney, Michele ^b   Batts, Kenneth P ^a   Wiesner, Russell H ^a   Fredricks, David N ^c   Relman, David A ^c   Persing, David H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030895716     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-7-199704010-00004     Document Type: Article

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