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Review
. 2006 Feb;13(2):170-8.
doi: 10.1128/CVI.13.2.170-178.2006.

Whipple's disease: a macrophage disease

Benoît Desnues  1 , Melanie Ihrig, Didier Raoult, Jean-Louis Mege
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Review

Whipple's disease: a macrophage disease

Benoît Desnues et al. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2006 Feb.
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Figures

FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Model illustrating the pathophysiology of Whipple's disease. DC, dendritic cells.
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