Whipple's disease: Comparison of histology with diagnosis based on polymerase chain reaction in four consecutive cases

Gut

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-427

  Muller C ^a,c   Petermann, D ^a   Stain, C ^a   Riemer, H ^a   Vogelsang, H ^a   Schnider, P ^b   Zeiler, K ^b   Wrba, F ^c  

^a Univ Klin F Innere Medizin IV   (Austria)

^b Univ Klin für Neurologie

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

intestinal lipodystrophy; PAS positive macrophages; polymerase chain reaction diagnosis; Tropheryma whippelii; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030982966     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.40.3.425     Document Type: Article

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