Congenital chronic diarrhea with protein-losing enteropathy
Synonyms: Congenital chronic diarrhea with exudative enteropathy
Congenital chronic diarrhea with protein-losing enteropathy is a rare genetic intestinal disease characterized by early-onset chronic non-infectious non-bloody watery diarrhea associated with protein-losing enteropathy which results in hypoalbuminemia hypogammaglobulinemia and elevated stool alpha-1-antitrypsin. Patients typically present severe intractable diarrhea failure to thrive recurrent infections and edema.
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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version April 2024
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