Protein-Losing Enteropathies |
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| Protein-Losing Enteropathy; Enteropathies, Exudative; Enteropathies, Protein-Losing; Enteropathy, Protein-Losing; Exudative Enteropathies; Exudative Enteropathy; Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemia, Idiopathic; Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias, Idiopathic | |
| 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 LYMPHANGIECTASIA; WHIPPLE'S DISEASE; and NEOPLASMS of the SMALL INTESTINE. | |