Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption due to hypogammaglobulinemia: A report on twelve patients

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 170-174

  Ghoshal, Uday C ^a   Goel, Amit ^a   Ghoshal, Ujjala ^a   Jain, Manoj ^a   Misra, Asha ^a   Choudhuri, Gourdas ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Common variable immunodeficiency syndrome; Gastrointestinal infection; Hypogammaglobulinemic sprue

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BRONCHIECTASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBBING FINGERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA SPRUE; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIC SPRUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; IRRITABLE COLON; LABORATORY TEST; MALABSORPTION; MALE; NODULAR LYMPHOMATOSIS; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THERAPY DELAY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052420078     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 09750711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-011-0111-y     Document Type: Article

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