Whipple's disease with neurological manifestions: case report

Whipple's disease (WD) is an uncommon multisystem condition caused by the bacillus Tropheryma whipplei. Central nervous system involvement is a classical feature of the disease observed in 20 to 40% of the patients. We report the case of a 62 yeards old man with WD that developed neurological m...

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Main Authors: Marcondes C. França Jr, Rafael de Castro, Márcio Luiz F. Balthazar, George Linard S. Malveira, Clodoaldo Pirani Jr, Leonardo Deus-Silva, Alexandre R. da Paz, Luciano S. Queiroz, Benito P. Damasceno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2004-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000200028&tlng=en