Detection of Tropheryma whippelii DNA (Whipple's disease) in faeces

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-72

  Gross, M ^a   Jung, Ch ^a   Zoller, W G ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; Faeces; Tropheryma whippelii; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0032908401     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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