Ocular manifestations of Whipple disease: An atypical presentation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1232-1234

  Williams, Jonathan G ^a   Edward, Deepak P ^a   Tessler, Howard H ^a   Persing, David H ^b   Mitchell, P Shawn ^b   Goldstein, Debra A ^a  

^a University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LENS; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032459140     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.9.1232     Document Type: Article

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