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Descriptor English:   Whipple Disease 
Descriptor Spanish:   Enfermedad de Whipple 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Doença de Whipple 
Synonyms English:   Lipodystrophy, Intestinal
Whipple's Disease  
Tree Number:   C01.252.410.040.137.631
C06.405.469.637.925
C18.452.603.925
Definition English:   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. 
History Note English:   2004 (1996); use LIPODYSTROPHY, INTESTINAL 1963-1995 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   8236 
Unique Identifier:   D008061 

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