Brucellosis and the gastrointestinal tract: The odd couple

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-29

  Ablin, J ^a   Mevorach, D ^a   Eliakim, R ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ascites; Brucellosis; Colitis; Granuloma; Hepatitis; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BRUCELLOSIS; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031026916     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199701000-00005     Document Type: Article

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