Whipple's disease: Misdiagnosed as sarcoidosis with further tricuspid valve endocarditis and pulmonary embolism -a case report

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Berent, Robert ^a   Auer, Johann ^b   Lassnig, Elisabeth ^c   Von Duvillard, Serge P ^d   Crouse, Stephen F ^e   Tuppy, Herwig ^f   Eber, Bernd ^c  

^a Center for Cardiovascular Rehabilitation   (Austria)

^b Internal Medicine Cardiology   (Austria)

^c Cardiology Department Klinikium Wels Giesckierchen   (Austria)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Pathology i   (Austria)

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EID: 84896501506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0441     Document Type: Article

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