Year-old man with fever, weight loss, and diarrhea

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 983-986

  Denktas, Ali E ^a   Elkin, Peter L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORMETHINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; GIARDIASIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031695503     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/73.10.983     Document Type: Article

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