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Background Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection is an important indicator of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Effective antiretroviral therapy has dramatically
Keiji Konishi +5 more
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Protein losing enteropathy after the Fontan operation
The Fontan or Fontan Kreutzer procedure is the culmination of staged, surgical palliation of functional single ventricle congenital heart disease, offering the potential for survival and good quality of life well into adulthood.
Tarek Alsaied +15 more
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An Unusual Cause of Protein Losing Enteropathy in a 2.5-Year-Old Girl: Meso-Intestinal Fibrosis
Introduction Protein losing enteropathy is a symptom characterized by loss of protein in intestines resulting in low protein levels in serum and generalized edema. Several causes are reported for this condition.
Fatemeh Mahjoub +4 more
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Protein-losing enteropathy after the Fontan operation [PDF]
Patients were observed after the Fontan operation to determine the frequency and severity of protein-losing enteropathy. A total of 427 patients who survived for 30 days after the Fontan operation, performed between 1973 and January 1987, were analyzed ...
Offord, Kenneth P. +15 more
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A 6-year-old male child born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) was palliated with an extracardiac nonfenestrated Fontan procedure (18-mm Gore-Tex tube graft). He developed low-pressure (mean Fontan pressure 10 mmHg) protein-losing enteropathy 6
Osamah Aldoss +2 more
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Purpose of reviewThe present review offers its readers a practical overview of protein-losing enteropathy, particularly with regard to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Rimondi A., Elli L., Topa M.
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A Case of Gastroduodenal Strongyloidiasis Causing Protein Losing Enteropathy
Strongylodiasis is an intestinal parasitic infection which can cause cataclysmic hyper infection syndrome in immunocompromised. Here we report an interesting and rare case of gastroduodenal strongyloidiasis presenting as protein losing enteropathy which ...
sandheep janardhanan +5 more
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Protein-Losing Enteropathy as a Complication of the Ketogenic Diet. [PDF]
The ketogenic diet is an effective treatment for the patients with intractable epilepsy, however, the diet therapy can sometimes be discontinued by complications. Protein-losing enteropathy is a rarely reported serious complication of the ketogenic diet.
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Case report: Noonan syndrome with protein-losing enteropathy
Background: Noonan syndrome (NS) is characterized by typical facial features, short stature, congenital heart defects and other comorbidities. Lymphedema and chylous pleural effusions are also common in NS, but protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is rarely ...
Yang Ou +6 more
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A Case of Protein Losing Enteropathy as Only Clinical manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [PDF]
Protein losing enteropathy (PLE) due to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is relatively uncommon. PLE may be appeared sequentially after the diagnosis of SLE or concurrently with SLE.
Tae Hyun Kim +5 more
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