Preferred Name |
Whipple's disease |
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Synonyms |
intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis intestinal lipodystrophy Whipple disease Tropheryma whipplei disease or disorder WD - Whipple's disease Intestinal Whipple's disease WHIPPLES DIS secondary non-tropical sprue WHIPPLE DIS Tropheryma whipplei caused disease or disorder Whipples Disease Disease, Whipple's Whipple's disease (disorder) Intestinal lipodystrophy Lipodystrophy, Intestinal Tropheryma whipplei infectious disease Disease, Whipple Whipple Disease Tropheryma whippelii infection Whipple's disease |
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Definitions |
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. A systemic infection caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. It affects the small intestine resulting in malabsorption. Other sites or systems affected by the infection are the joints, central nervous system, and the cardiovascular system. |
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ID |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000775 |
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database_cross_reference |
MeSH:D008061 NCIT:C85228 ICD10EXP:K90.8+ SNOMEDCT:41545003 MESH:D008061 Orphanet:3452 ICD10CM:K90.81 MedDRA:10047931 SCTID:41545003 NCIt:C85228 UMLS:C0023788 ICD10EXP:M14.8* DOID:8476 GARD:7889 ICD9:040.2 NORD:1850 MONDO:0005116 |
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definition |
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. A systemic infection caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. It affects the small intestine resulting in malabsorption. Other sites or systems affected by the infection are the joints, central nervous system, and the cardiovascular system. |
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disease has location | ||
exactMatch |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C85228 http://identifiers.org/mesh/D008061 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_3452 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8476 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/ICD10CM/K90.81 |
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has_exact_synonym |
intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis intestinal lipodystrophy Whipple disease Tropheryma whipplei disease or disorder WD - Whipple's disease Intestinal Whipple's disease WHIPPLES DIS secondary non-tropical sprue WHIPPLE DIS Tropheryma whipplei caused disease or disorder Whipples Disease Disease, Whipple's Whipple's disease (disorder) Intestinal lipodystrophy Lipodystrophy, Intestinal Tropheryma whipplei infectious disease Disease, Whipple Whipple Disease |
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has_related_synonym |
Tropheryma whippelii infection Whipple's disease |
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id |
EFO:0000775 |
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in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/mondo-base#rare http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/mondo-base#otar http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/mondo-base#gard_rare http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/mondo-base#orphanet_rare http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/mondo-base#nord_rare http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/mondo-base#ordo_disease |
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label |
Whipple's disease |
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notation |
EFO:0000775 |
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prefLabel |
Whipple's disease |
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term editor |
James Malone |
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subClassOf |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0009431 |