Eosinophilic vasculitis: A rare presentation of Whipple's disease

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-191

  Al Hamoudi, Waleed ^a   Habbab, Fadi ^b   Nudo, Carmine ^b   Nahal, Ayoub ^b   Flegel, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic vasculitis; Lymphadenopathy; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; METRONIDAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC VASCULITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VASCULITIC RASH; WEIGHT REDUCTION; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; VASCULITIS;

AGED; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; VASCULITIS; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 34249933293     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/326174     Document Type: Article

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