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SLC26A3 and congenital chloride diarrhoea.
Novartis Foundation symposium - 1 Jan 2006
Höglund Pia
Abstract excerpt
Congenital chloride diarrhoea (CLD, OMIM214700) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in a plasma membrane protein, the solute-linked carrier family 26 member A3 (SLC26A3) protein, which encodes for an epithelial anion exchanger for Cl- and HCO3-. The main clinical symptom is a lifetime watery diarrhoea with a high Cl- content and low pH, causing dehydration and hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis. CLD may...
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