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Whipple Disease

Known as: Disease, Whipple, SPRUE, NONTROPICAL, SECONDARY, disease whipple 
A chronic systemic infection by a gram-positive bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii, mainly affecting the SMALL INTESTINE but also the JOINTS… 
National Institutes of Health

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Lipodystrophy

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Emergency Kausch-Whipple Procedure: Indications and Experiences
Objective: Pancreaticoduodenectomy is a demanding procedure even in selected patients but becomes formidable when performed in… 
2009
2009
Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase, Canada
To the Editor: Carbapenems are used to treat life-threatening infections caused by extremely drug-resistant gram-negative… 
2004
2004
Refractory Whipple's disease with anaemia: first lessons from capsule endoscopy.
Whipple's disease is a chronic multisystem disorder caused by infection with the rod-shaped bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii. We… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Whipple disease associated with giardiasis.
We tested 53 fixed duodenal biopsy samples from 25 patients with Whipple disease for the presence Giardia and 6 fresh duodenal… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Whipple disease of the central nervous system.
Whipple disease (WD) is a systemic disorder caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Since the recognition of a bacterial… 
2001
2001
An unusual spinal presentation of Whipple disease.
SUMMARY When Whipple disease (WD) is confined to the CNS, diagnosis may be difficult. We report a case of WD with spinal… 
1981
1981
Abdominal computed tomography in Whipple's disease.
The computed tomographic findings in a patient with Whipple's disease are described. Particular emphasis is placed on the… 
1976
1976
Pancarditis in Whipple's disease: electronmicroscopic demonstration of intracardiac bacillary bodies.
The advent of electron microscopy has repeatedly confirmed Whipple's original postulate that bacterial infestation might be the… 
1973
1973
Inositol deficiency: an intestinal lipodystrophy in the gerbil.
An intestinal lipodystrophy characterized by accumulation of fat in the intestinal mucosal cells was produced in female gerbils… 
1969
1969
Whipple's disease with cardiac and renal abnormalities.
Heart lesions are common in Whipple's disease (intestinal lipodystrophy)1-3but their occurrence often does not result in… 
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