Whipple disease a century after the initial description: Increased recognition of unusual presentations, autoimmune comorbidities, and therapy effects

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1066-1073

  Arnold, Christina A ^a,d   Moreira, Roger K ^b   Lam Himlin, Dora ^c   De Petris, Giovanni ^c   Montgomery, Elizabeth ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; partial and complete histologic treatment effect; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOPSY; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BALTIMORE; BIOPSY; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 84863302867     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31825a2fa4     Document Type: Article

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