A case of protein-losing enteropathy caused by intestinal lymphangiectasia in a preterm infant

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 416-417

  Salvia, Gennaro ^a   Cascioli, Concetta F ^a   Ciccimarra, Filippo ^a   Terrin, Gianluca ^a   Cucchiara, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypoalbuminemia; Lymphangiectasia; Preterm infant; Protein losing enteropathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY;

DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LYMPHANGIECTASIS, INTESTINAL; MALE; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES;

EID: 0035145110     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.2.416     Document Type: Article

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