Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 6 , Pages 1090-1093 , May 2010

Intestinal Mycobacterium avium complex infection initially misdiagnosed and mistreated as Whipple disease

  • Mitchell S. Cappell, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mitchell S. Cappell, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, William Beaumont Hospital, MOB 233, 3535 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073.
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  • Mihaela Batke, MD
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  • Mitul Amin, MD

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PII: S0016-5107(09)02570-X

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.10.007

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 6 , Pages 1090-1093 , May 2010

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