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Whippleho choroba
Record number d008061 Date 06.06.2025 Type M - MESH Topical term Whippleho choroba Other term English (Pseudonym) Lipodystrophy, Intestinal
English (Pseudonym) Whipple's Disease
Slovak (Pseudonym) lipodystrofia intestinálna
Slovak (Pseudonym) lipodystrofia črevná
Slovak (Pseudonym) morbus Whipplei
Slovak (Pseudonym) Whippleova choroba
UDC C01.150.252.410.040.137.631C06.405.469.637.925C18.452.603.925 Note 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. 
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