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Whipple's disease of the central nervous system. 2010

Allen J Aksamit
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. aksamit@mayo.edu

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008061 Whipple Disease 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. Lipodystrophy, Intestinal,Whipple's Disease,Disease, Whipple,Disease, Whipple's,Intestinal Lipodystrophy,Whipples Disease
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D020806 Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections Bacterial infections of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges, including infections involving the perimeningeal spaces. Bacterial Infections, Central Nervous System,Infections, Bacterial, Central Nervous System

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