Open AccessNeurological and neuropsychological complications in the course of chronic Whipple’s disease – case report
Author(s) -
Izabela Dymon,
Justyna Tabaka-Pradela,
Katarzyna Knast,
Dominika Dudek,
Monika Rudzińska
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
psychiatria polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2391-5854
pISSN - 0033-2674
DOI - 10.12740/pp/onlinefirst/61131
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , gynecology
Whipple's disease (WD) is a chronic, multisystemic infectious disease caused by Gram-positive bacillus Tropheryma whipplei (T.w.). Its common symptoms arise in the digestive system, however, during the infection the CNS (Central Nervous System) may also be affected.
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