Autoimmune enteropathy in children and adults

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1029-1036

  Montalto, Massimo ^a   D'Onofrio, Ferruccio ^a   Santoro, Luca ^a   Gallo, Antonella ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

APECED syndrome; Autoimmune enteropathy; Differential diagnosis; IPEX syndrome; Protracted diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN AE 75; AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; INSULIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE ENTEROPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENTEROPATHY; FECES; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; IPEX SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROGNOSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70350625520     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520902783691     Document Type: Review

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