An uncommon cause of recurrent strokes: Tropheryma whippelii endocarditis

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2002-2003

  Naegeli, Barbara ^a   Bannwart, Fridolin ^a   Bertel, Osmund ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria group; Endocarditis; Stroke; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 0033868341     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.8.2002     Document Type: Article

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