A 70-year-old man with isolated weight loss and a pellagra-like syndrome due to celiac disease

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-18

  Schattner, Ami ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; GLUTEN; MINERAL; NICOTINIC ACID; VITAMIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARIUM MEAL; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PELLAGRA; SKIN DEFECT; TASTE DISORDER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PELLAGRA; SYNDROME; TASTE DISORDERS; WEIGHT LOSS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033397646     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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