Preferred Name

Whipple Disease [Disease/Finding]
Synonyms

Whipple Disease

Whipple's Disease

Lipodystrophy, Intestinal

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000001851

altLabel

Whipple Disease

Whipple's Disease

Lipodystrophy, Intestinal

cui

C0023788

MESH 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.

MESH DUI

D008061

MeSH name

Whipple Disease

MESH UI

M0012563

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000001851

NUI

N0000001851

prefLabel

Whipple Disease [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

41545003

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000000300

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