Arthralgia as an early extraintestinal symptom of Whipple's disease: Report of five cases

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-20

  Schilling, Dieter ^a   Adamek, Henning E ^a   Kaufmann, Volker ^a   Maier, Mathias ^b   Riemann, Jürgen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Differential diagnosis; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIA; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0031016813     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199701000-00003     Document Type: Article

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