"Whipple Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008061
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.137.631 C06.405.469.637.925 C18.452.603.925
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| Concept/Terms |
Whipple Disease- Whipple Disease
- Disease, Whipple
- Whipple's Disease
- Disease, Whipple's
- Whipples Disease
- Lipodystrophy, Intestinal
- Intestinal Lipodystrophy
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