Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia successfully treated with octreotide

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-132

  Kuroiwa, G ^a   Takayawa, T ^a   Sato, Y ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Fujita, T ^a   Nobuoka, A ^a   Kukitsu, T ^a   Kato, J ^a   Sakamaki, S ^a   Niitsu, Y ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymphangiectasia; Octreotide; Protein losing enteropathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALBUMIN TC 99M; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BARIUM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OCTREOTIDE; PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID; TUBERCULIN;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; EDEMA; ELEMENTAL DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIECTASIS, INTESTINAL; MALE; OCTREOTIDE;

EID: 0035076440     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350170142     Document Type: Article

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