Article
Mosaic pattern of sucrase isomaltase deficiency in two brothers.
Pediatric research - 1 Jan 2008
Reinshagen Konrad, Keller Klaus M, Haase Bianca, Leeb Tosso, Naim Hassan Y, Zimmer Klaus P
Abstract excerpt
The pathophysiology of mucosal changes observed in infants with chronic protracted diarrhea is poorly understood. We report on two brothers suffering from a special form of sucrase isomaltase (SI) deficiency. The children presented with weight loss and dyspepsia after sucrose exposition. We performed an H respiration test, which showed a pathologic result in the younger brother. Analysis of the brush border...
Topics
- CD13 Antigens
- Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors
- Child
- Duodenum
- Enterocytes
- Genotype
- Humans
- Lactase
- Male
- Microvilli
- Mosaicism
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Siblings
- Sucrase-Isomaltase Complex
