Enhanced production of interferon-gamma as a possible cause of protein-losing enteropathy after modified Fontan operation

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 504-507

  Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a,b   Nagata, Satoru ^a   Fujii, Tohru ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a   Kishiro, Masahiko ^a   Ohkubo, Mataichi ^a   Akimoto, Katsumi ^a   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GOBLET CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; JEJUNUM; LEUKOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GOBLET CELLS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 1542540213     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200310000-00019     Document Type: Article

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