Whipple's disease with segmental lesions in the proximal small intestine;Morbus whipple mit segmentalem befall des tiefen duodenums

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 460-463

  Praßler, Roland ^a,c   Kempmann, T ^a   Vierling, P ^b  

^a Städtisches Krankenhaus Oberndorf   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Villingen Schwenningen

^c Städtisches Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Duodenum; Polymerase chain reaction; Whipple disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; IRON; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; EDEMA; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; GENETICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TROPHERYMA;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUODENUM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IRON; MALE; TROPHERYMA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 40049102188     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1046732     Document Type: Article

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