"White bowel". A sonographic sign of intestinal lymph edema?;"White bowel - Die weiße darmwand". Sonographischer ausdruck einer mesenterialen lymphstauung?

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Hollerweger, A ^a   Dietrich, C F ^b  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^b CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intestinal diseases; Lymph oedema; Mmycobacterium avium intracellulare infection; Ultrasonography; Whipple disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; INTESTINE LYMPH; INTESTINE LYMPHEDEMA; INTESTINE WALL; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; T CELL LYMPHOMA; WHITE BOWEL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17744392683     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858099     Document Type: Article

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