Of guinea pigs and men - An unusual case of jaundice

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Pischke, S ^a   Ehmer, U ^a   Schedel, I ^a   Gratz, W F ^a   Wedemeyer, H ^a   Ziesing, S ^a   Bange, F C ^a   Burchard, G D ^c   Manns, M P ^a   Bahr, M J ^a,b   Strassburg, C P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Sana Kliniken GmbH and Co KGaA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Guinea pig; Ikterus; Jaundice; Leptospirosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALAISE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRURITUS; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 76549111074     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109776     Document Type: Article

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