Whipple's disease in a father-daughter pair

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2542-2544

  Dykman, Douglas D ^a,b,c,d,e   Cuccherini, Brenda A ^a,b,c,d,e   Fuss, Ivan J ^a,b,c,d,e   Blum, Larry W ^a,b,c,d,e   Woodward, Joan E ^a,b,c,d,e   Strober, Warren ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Anne Arundel Gastroenterol A   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d Anne Arundel Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^e ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferon ; Interleukin 12; Tropheryma whippelii; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 0033401340     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026607726745     Document Type: Article

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