Congenital diarrheal disorders: An updated diagnostic approach

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4168-4185

  Terrin, Gianluca ^a   Tomaiuolo, Rossella ^b,c   Passariello, Annalisa ^c   Elce, Ausilia ^b,c   Amato, Felice ^b,c   Costanzo, Margherita Di ^c   Castaldo, Giuseppe ^b,c   Canani, Roberto Berni ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption and transport of nutrients and electrolytes; Defects of digestion; Defects of enterocyte differentiation and polarization; Defects of enteroendocrine cells differentiation; Defects of modulation of intestinal immune response; Molecular analysis; Osmotic diarrhea; Secretory diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL OSMOTIC DIARRHEAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL SECRETORY DIARRHEAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INHERITANCE; INTESTINE CELL; IPEX SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SBDS GENE; SECRETORY PATHWAY; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; GENETICS; INFANT; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84860118437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13044168     Document Type: Review

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