The edematous toddler: A case of pediatric Ménétrier disease

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 682-684

  Blackstone, Mercedes M ^a   Mittal, Manoj K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Edema; Hypertrophic gastropathy; Pediatric M n trier disease; Protein losing enteropathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BARIUM; CEFPROZIL; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RANITIDINE; SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ANASARCA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LEG EDEMA; MENETRIER DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINE VOLUME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOMITING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIET THERAPY; EMERGENCY; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EDEMA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS, HYPERTROPHIC; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 64249104531     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181887e89     Document Type: Article

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