Open AccessAn Uncommon Cause of Recurrent Strokes
Author(s) -
Barbara Naegeli,
Fridolin Bannwart,
Osmund Bertel
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.8.2002
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , whipple's disease , tropheryma whipplei , whipple disease , disease , presentation (obstetrics) , stroke (engine) , pathology , surgery , intestinal malabsorption , coeliac disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Cardiac involvement in Whipple's disease is not an uncommon phenomenon in autopsies, but its clinical occurrence is often overshadowed by gastrointestinal symptoms. We report a very atypical manifestation of this disorder.
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