Tufting enteropathy with EpCAM mutations in two siblings

Gut and Liver

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 407-410

  Ko, Jae Sung ^a   Seo, Jeong Kee ^a   Shim, Jeong Ok ^a   Hwang, Sol Ha ^a   Park, Heae Surng ^b   Kang, Gyeong Hoon ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Epithelial cell adhesion molecule; Mutation; Tufting enteropathy

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; TUFTING ENTEROPATHY;

EID: 77957561592     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2010.4.3.407     Document Type: Article

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