Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease
"Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition that is caused by HYPERPLASIA of LYMPHOCYTES in the small intestine (INTESTINE, SMALL) and the mesenteric LYMPH NODES. These lymphocytes produce an anomalous alpha heavy chain protein. Generally, these IPSID patients have either concurrent LYMPHOMA or develop lymphoma within a few years. The disease was first described in the Mediterranean region and is characterized by malabsorption; WEIGHT LOSS; DIARRHEA; and STEATORRHEA.
| Descriptor ID |
D007161
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.386.390 C06.301.371.411.512 C06.405.249.411.512 C06.405.469.491.505 C15.378.147.780.490.512 C15.604.515.435.512 C20.683.515.512 C20.683.780.490.512
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| Concept/Terms |
Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease- Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease
- IPSID
- Heavy Chain Disease, IgA Type
- Lymphoma, Mediterranean
- Mediterranean Lymphoma
- alpha-Chain Disease
- Disease, alpha-Chain
- Diseases, alpha-Chain
- alpha Chain Disease
- alpha-Chain Diseases
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