Tufting enteropathy and chronic arthritis: A newly recognized association with a novel EpCAM gene mutation

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 642-644

  Al Mayouf, Sulaiman M ^a   Alswaied, Nahla ^a   Alkuraya, Fowzan S ^b   Almehaidib, Ali ^c   Faqih, Mosa ^d  

^a Section of Rheumatology ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b Developmental Genetics Unit

^c Gastroenetrology   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Laboratory Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GENOMIC DNA; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; JOINT SWELLING; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORNING STIFFNESS; NEWBORN; OSTEOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SWEAT TEST; TENOSYNOVITIS; THYROID FUNCTION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TUFTING ENTEROPATHY; URINE CULTURE;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ARTHRITIS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350660560     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181acaeae     Document Type: Article

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