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| Preferred Name | Whipple Disease | |
| Synonyms |
Whipple's Disease Whipple Disease |
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| Definitions |
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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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85228 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
An infection that is caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Tropheryma whipplei, which primarily affects the small intestine resulting in malabsorption.
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| code |
C85228
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| Contributing_Source |
NICHD
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| DEFINITION |
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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| FULL_SYN |
Whipple's Disease Whipple Disease
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| label |
Whipple Disease
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| Preferred_Name |
Whipple Disease
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C85228
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| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0023788
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