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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1970;13(9):531-536. Published online September 30, 1970.

A Case Report of the Protein-Losing Enteropathy

Young Joon Son¹, Su Hwan Su Hwan¹, Yong Soo Cho¹, Sung Hoon Cho¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Medical College Seoul, Korea

Abstract

A case who considered to have the features of protein-losing enteropathy such as generalized edema, hypertrophy of the small bowel mucosa, hypoproteinemia, pleural effusion and ascites is reported. The study using Radioiodinated Serum Albumin demonstrated that the survival life of serum protein in patient was significantly shortened in compare to that of control group.

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