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Descriptor English:
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Whipple Disease
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Enfermedad de Whipple
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doença de Whipple
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Synonyms English:
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Disease, Whipple
Disease, Whipple's
Intestinal Lipodystrophy
Lipodystrophy, Intestinal
Whipple's Disease
Whipples Disease
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Tree Number:
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C01.150.252.410.040.137.631
C06.405.469.637.925
C18.452.603.925
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Definition English:
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A chronic systemic infection by a gram-positive bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii, mainly affecting the SMALL INTESTINE but also the JOINTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The disease is characterized by fat deposits in the INTESTINAL MUCOSA and LYMPH NODES, malabsorption, DIARRHEA with fatty stools, MALNUTRITION, and ARTHRITIS. |
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History Note English:
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2004 (1996); use LIPODYSTROPHY, INTESTINAL 1963-1995
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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8236
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Unique Identifier:
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D008061
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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