Article
Genetic Disorders of Membrane Transport III. Congenital chloride diarrhea.
The American journal of physiology - 1 Jan 1999
Kere J, Lohi H, Höglund P
Abstract excerpt
Congenital chloride diarrhea (CLD) is a recessively inherited disorder of intestinal electrolyte absorption that involves, specifically, Cl-/HCO-3 exchange. CLD is caused by mutations in a chromosome 7 gene, first known as DRA (for downregulated in adenoma). The disease occurs in all parts of the...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Chlorides
- Diarrhea
- Humans
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
