Cerebral relapse of sarcoidlike Whipple's disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1252-1255

  Peters, F P J ^a   Wouters, R S M E ^a   De Bruine, A P ^a   Stockbrugger R W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0030949340     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513630     Document Type: Article

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