Prevalence of Whipple's disease in north-western Italy

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1347-1348

  Biagi, F ^a   Balduzzi, D ^a   Delvino, P ^b   Schiepatti, A ^a   Klersy, C ^c   Corazza, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH SURVEY; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 84931563237     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2357-2     Document Type: Article

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