"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Whipple Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Myorhythmia: phenomenology, etiology, and treatment. Mov Disord. 2015 Feb; 30(2):171-9.
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Whipple's disease-associated pulmonary hypertension with positive vasodilator response despite severe hemodynamic derangements. Can Respir J. 2011 Sep-Oct; 18(5):e70-2.
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Whipple disease of the central nervous system: an unusual occurrence in association with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. J Neurosurg. 2010 May; 112(5):983-9.
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Whipple's disease. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Nov; 60(5):800-1.
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Systemic Tropheryma whippleii infection associated with monoclonal B-cell proliferation: a Helicobacter pylori-type pathogenesis? Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Dec; 127(12):1619-22.
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Ocular whipple's disease. Ophthalmology. 2002 Nov; 109(11):1952-3; author reply 1953.
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Presumed central nervous system Whipple's disease in a child: case report. Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Apr; 20(4):883-9.