PCR-positive tests for Tropheryma whippelii in patients without Whipple's disease

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9171, 1999, Pages 2214-

  Ehrbar, Hans Ulrich ^a   Bauerfeind, Peter ^a   Dutly, Fabrizio ^a   Koelz, Hans Rudolf ^a   Altwegg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH JUICE; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 0344298915     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01776-6     Document Type: Article

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