Diseases

Protein-Losing Enteropathies

Pathological conditions in the INTESTINES that are characterized by the gastrointestinal loss of serum proteins, including SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; and at times LYMPHOCYTES. Severe condition can result in HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA or LYMPHOPENIA. Protein-losing enteropathies are associated with a number of diseases including INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIS; WHIPPLE'S DISEASE; and NEOPLASMS of the SMALL INTESTINE.

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Pathological conditions in the INTESTINES that are characterized by the gastrointestinal loss of serum proteins, including SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; and at times LYMPHOCYTES. Severe condition can result in HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA or LYMPHOPENIA. Protein-losing enteropathies are associated with a number of diseases including INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIS; WHIPPLE'S DISEASE; and NEOPLASMS of the SMALL INTESTINE.

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  • Enteropathy, Exudative
  • Enteropathy, Protein-Losing
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathy
  • Enteropathies, Exudative
  • Enteropathies, Protein-Losing
  • Exudative Enteropathies
  • Exudative Enteropathy
  • Protein Losing Enteropathies
  • Protein Losing Enteropathy
  • Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemia
  • Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemia, Idiopathic
  • Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias, Idiopathic
  • Hypoproteinemia, Idiopathic Hypercatabolic
  • Hypoproteinemias, Idiopathic Hypercatabolic
  • Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C06w.405w.469w.818w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Protein-Losing Enteropathies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011504. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011504
  2. Protein-Losing Enteropathies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_losing_enteropathy
  3. Protein-Losing Enteropathies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284070