Whipple disease revealed by weight loss and neurologic signs [2];Maladie de Whipple révélée par une perte de poids et des signes neurologiques

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 27, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 834-836

  Codden, Thierry ^a   Lenaerts, Anne ^a   Chaikh, Ali ^a   Henry, Jean Pol ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; WEIGHT LOSS; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0141795587     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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