Whipple's disease: New aspects in pathogenesis and diagnosis;La maladie de Whipple: Nouveaux aspects de la pathogénie et du diagnostic

Acta Endoscopica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-253

  Muller N ^a   Schneider, Th ^a   Zeitz, M ^a   Marth, Th ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; IL 12; T. whippelii; Therapy; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; RELAPSE; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 0034920803     PISSN: 0240642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03020891     Document Type: Article

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