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Novel Mutations in EPCAM Cause Congenital Tufting Enteropathy.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2018
Tang Wenjuan, Huang Taosheng, Xu Zhongyao, Huang Ying
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Congenital tufting enteropathy (CTE) is a rare autosomal recessive form of intractable diarrhea of infancy. Patients develop chronic diarrhea within days after birth, leading to severe malabsorption and significant mortality. CTE is characterized by subtotal villous atrophy with crypt hyperplasia. Typical features include abnormal villi in the intestinal epithelium and disorganization of...
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