Whipple's disease;La maladie de Whipple

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 31, Issue 8-9 C1, 2007, Pages 729-739

  Seguy, David ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FOLINIC ACID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34948845038     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(07)91935-1     Document Type: Article

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