Giardia lamblia infestation reveals underlying Whipple's disease in a patient with longstanding constipation.

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Published in Am J Gastroenterol on March 01, 1991

Authors

G Bassotti1, M A Pelli, R Ribacchi, M Miglietti, M L Cavalletti, M E Rossodivita, P Giovenali, A Morelli

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratorio di Motilità Intestinale, Università di Perugia, Italy.

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