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Congenital chronic diarrhea with protein-losing enteropathy

ORPHA:329242· ICD-10 P78.3

Definition

Congenital chronic diarrhea with protein-losing enteropathy is a rare, genetic, intestinal disease characterized by early-onset, chronic, non-infectious, non-bloody, watery diarrhea associated with protein-losing enteropathy which results in hypoalbuminemia, hypogammaglobulinemia and elevated stool alpha-1-antitrypsin. Patients typically present severe, intractable diarrhea, failure to thrive, recurrent infections and edema.

Prevalence
<1 / 1 000 000
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal