Clearance fecal de alfa-1-antitripsina en enteropatías perdedoras de proteínas en pediatría. / [Fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin clearance in protein-losing enteropathies in pediatrics]
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
; 17(2): 97-103, 1987.
Article
in Spanish
| BINACIS
| ID: bin-52643
Responsible library:
AR40.1
ABSTRACT
Fecal alpha-1-antitrypsin clearance (A-1-At Cl) was performed on 47 pediatric age patients with various digestive diseases 6 with ulcerative colitis, 5 with celiac disease, 6 with cow milk protein intolerance, 1 with intestinal lymphangiectasia, 1 with non specific diarrhea and the control group was composed of 10 children without digestive disease. The group of patients with digestive disease showed values of fecal A-1-At Cl significantly higher than the control and non specific diarrhea groups (p less than 0.05). Just 1 child with cow milk intolerance had A-1-At Cl within the range of values of the control group x = 2 S.D. All children with non specific diarrhea excepting one had values falling within the control range. The patient with thalassemia major had a very elevated value of A-1-At Cl. The cause of this finding remains unknown at present. The fecal A-1-At Cl. is a non invasive, cost saving, useful and simpler method than the traditional techniques for the diagnosis of protein losing enteropathy in childhood.
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Collection:
National databases
/
Argentina
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Diarrhea
Database:
BINACIS
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
Year:
1987
Document type:
Article