Severe and protracted diarrhea: Results of the 3-year SIGEP Multicenter survey

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-68

  Catassi, Carlo ^b   Fabiani, Elisabetta ^c   Spagnuolo, Maria Immacolata ^a   Barera, Graziano ^c   Guarino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autoimmune enteropathy; Epidemiology; Intractable diarrhea; Parenteral nutrition; Ultrastructural abnormalities of the enterocyte

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE CELL; ITALY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033505601     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199907000-00016     Document Type: Article

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