Castleman's disease

Summary

Castleman's disease is a rare disease^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Castleman's disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease^[3].
• Castleman's disease's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease^[4].
• Castleman's disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[5].
• Benjamin Castleman is named after Castleman's disease^[6].
• Castleman's disease is a type of lymphoproliferative disorders^[7].
• Castleman's disease is a type of disease^[8].
• Castleman's disease's Commons category is recorded as Castleman's disease^[9].
• Castleman's disease's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/5749^[10].
• Castleman's disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C3056^[11].
• Castleman's disease's health specialty is recorded as immunology^[12].
• Castleman's disease's health specialty is recorded as angiology^[13].
• Castleman's disease's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as siltuximab^[14].
• Castleman's disease's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as rituximab^[15].
• Castleman's disease's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as tocilizumab^[16].
• Castleman's disease's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0111157^[17].
• Castleman's disease's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0111157^[18].
• Castleman's disease's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_160^[19].
• Castleman's disease's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine^[20].

Why It Matters

Castleman's disease has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]