| Descriptor English: | Whipple Disease | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Enfermedad de Whipple
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Doença de Whipple | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Maladie de Whipple | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Disease, Whipple Disease, Whipple's Intestinal Lipodystrophy Lipodystrophy, Intestinal Whipple's Disease Whipples Disease |
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| Tree number(s): |
C01.150.252.410.040.137.631 C06.405.469.637.925 C18.452.603.925 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008061 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2004; see WHIPPLE'S DISEASE 1996-2003, see LIPODYSTROPHY, INTESTINAL 1963-1995 |
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| History Note: | 2004 (1996); use LIPODYSTROPHY, INTESTINAL 1963-1995 |
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| Entry Version: | WHIPPLE DIS |
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| DeCS ID: | 8236 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D008061 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2004/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
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DISEASES
Infections [C01]Infections
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Whipple Disease
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| Concept UI |
M0012563 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Whipple Disease |
| Entry term(s) |
Disease, Whipple Disease, Whipple's Intestinal Lipodystrophy Lipodystrophy, Intestinal Whipple's Disease Whipples Disease |
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