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Feb 6th, 2023 - Laboratory Studies Laboratory studies include the following: The diagnostic approach to intermediate uveitis should center on the history and clinical examination. As demonstrated by Henderly et al and also by Rodriguez et al, approximately two th...

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Whipple Disease and Orbital Inflammatory Syndrome-A Case Report.|2023|Balaini N,Goel A,Aleti S,Takkar A,Rastogi P,|

Jan 20th, 2023 - Differentiation between Whipple disease (WD) patients and patients carrying Tropheryma whipplei but suffering from disease other than WD ("carriers") remains complex. We aimed to evaluate T. whipplei PCR among patients with WD and carriers in a la...

Jan 20th, 2023 - The serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is a formula used to assist in determining the etiology of ascites. Also see Medscape’s Ascites Albumin Gradient Calculator. The formula is below. SAAG = serum albumin – ascites albumin A high gradient (SA...

Jan 20th, 2023 - SAAG Interpretation The serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is a formula used to assist in determining the etiology of ascites. Also see Medscape’s Ascites Albumin Gradient Calculator. The formula is below. SAAG = serum albumin – ascites albumin...

Mar 2nd, 2021 - Malabsorption is impaired absorption of nutrients caused by any disruption in the process of normal absorption. Normal nutrient absorption requires 3 steps: Luminal and brush border processing (e.g Celiac disease, crohn's disease, short bowel synd...

Aug 17th, 2016 - Since the first isolation of a strain of Tropheryma whipplei (T. whipplei) and the development of molecular tools, the natural history of this bacterium continued to clarify. The currently proposed scheme is as follows: after contamination human o...

Apr 4th, 2011 - Presentation A 26-year-old woman presents for an evaluation and better definition of a 3-year history of progressive abdominal pain and distension, fatigue, pancytopenia, leg swelling, and pain. Past Medical History The patient has already had an ...