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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| author | 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 |
| author_facet | 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 |
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| description | 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 manifestations during its course, and discuss the most usual signs and symptoms focusing on recent diagnostic criteria and novel treatment regimens. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f4f12695b8a456d92ded51acd697fda2022-12-21T19:28:53ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272004-06-01622a34234610.1590/S0004-282X2004000200028Whipple's disease with neurological manifestions: case reportMarcondes C. França Jr0Rafael de Castro1Márcio Luiz F. Balthazar2George Linard S. Malveira3Clodoaldo Pirani Jr4Leonardo Deus-Silva5Alexandre R. da Paz6Luciano S. Queiroz7Benito P. Damasceno8Universidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasWhipple'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 manifestations during its course, and discuss the most usual signs and symptoms focusing on recent diagnostic criteria and novel treatment regimens.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000200028&tlng=enWhipple's diseaseinflammatory bowel diseasedementiapolyneuropathy |
| spellingShingle | 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 Whipple's disease with neurological manifestions: case report Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Whipple's disease inflammatory bowel disease dementia polyneuropathy |
| title | Whipple's disease with neurological manifestions: case report |
| title_full | Whipple's disease with neurological manifestions: case report |
| title_fullStr | Whipple's disease with neurological manifestions: case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Whipple's disease with neurological manifestions: case report |
| title_short | Whipple's disease with neurological manifestions: case report |
| title_sort | whipple s disease with neurological manifestions case report |
| topic | Whipple's disease inflammatory bowel disease dementia polyneuropathy |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000200028&tlng=en |
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