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Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 129-132

  Walz, Bastian ^a,b   Riecken, B ^a  

^a Klinik fur Innere Medizin Gastroenterologie Hamato Onkologie Infektiologie und Diabetologie   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Favism; Glucosephosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Hemolysis; Jaundice

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPYRONE; HAPTOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARACETAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETICULOCYTE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; GERMANY; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1; IRAQ;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERMANY; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE I; HUMANS; IRAQ; JAUNDICE; MALE;

EID: 38149032963     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1017486     Document Type: Article

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