Is the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei cause of the disease in a subgroup of patients with presumed sarcoidosis?

E. Dulic-Lakovic, M. Hubner, C. Müller, W. Pokieser, M. Dulic, S. Publig, M. Kneussl, M. Gschwantler (Vienna, Austria)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Novelties in clinical management of thoracic diseases: from diaphragm to pleura
Session: Novelties in clinical management of thoracic diseases: from diaphragm to pleura
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1687
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases, Thoracic oncology

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