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This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to whipple disease, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on whipple disease. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Whipple's Disease: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Whipple's Disease; Chapter 4. Books on Whipple's Disease; Chapter 5. Multimedia on Whipple's Disease; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Nutrition; Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix D. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; WHIPPLE'S DISEASE GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: intestinal lipodystrophy, Intestinal lipodystrophy (name used by Dr. Whipple in 1907), Intestinal Lipophagic Granulomatosis, lipophagic intestinal granulomatosis, secondary nontropical sprue, Secondary Non-tropical Sprue.

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