Relapsing Whipple's disease presenting with hypopituitarism

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-403

  Brändle, Michael ^a,b   Ammann, Peter ^a   Spinas, Giatgen A ^b   Dutly, Fabrizio ^c   Galeazzi, Renato L ^a   Schmid, Christoph ^b   Altwegg, Martin ^c  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENYTOIN; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACYCLINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032894308     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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