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Chronic enteropathy: molecular basis.
Nestle Nutrition workshop series. Paediatric programme - 1 Jan 2007
Ruemmele Frank M
Abstract excerpt
Major advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of chronic and intractable diarrhea of infancy allow a new conceptual view of this heterogeneous group of disorders. Two major types of chronic 'intractable' enteropathies can be distinguished. (1) Congenital-constitutive forms are characterized by intrinsic enterocyte defects. To date three different types have been identified on a...
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