Protein-losing enteropathy after fontan operation: Treatment with elementary diet in one case

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 292-

  Guariso, Graziella ^a   Cerutti, Alessia ^a   Moreolo, Giorgio Svaluto ^a   Milanesi, Ornella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; FUROSEMIDE; M PROTEIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; CHILD; FECES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES;

EID: 0342748627     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002460010066     Document Type: Letter

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