Disease and immune phenomena in Whipple's disease: Differential diagnosis for rheumatic diseases;Krankheits- und immunphänomene bei morbus Whipple: Differenzialdiagnose zu rheumatoiden erkrankungen

Internist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-190

  Schneider, T ^b   Zeitz, M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEROPENEM;

AMNESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SYMPTOM; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

EID: 12244275024     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-002-0768-5     Document Type: Review

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