Whipple's disease: A granulomatous masquerader

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 513-519

  James, D G ^a   Lipman, M C I ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0036080258     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(02)00005-9     Document Type: Review

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