Skip Navigation

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(5):254-256; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.5.254
© 1987 by Oxford University Press
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Madina, E. H.
Right arrow Articles by Morsi, M. R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Madina, E. H.
Right arrow Articles by Morsi, M. R.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

research-article

Protein Losing Enteropathy in the Different Forms of Protein-energy Malnutrition

E. H. Madina, MD, A. T. Soliman, MM Paed and M. R. Morsi, MD

Department of Paediatrics, University of Alexandria, Faculty of Medicine El-Chatby, Alexandria, Egypt

Correspondence: E. H. Madina, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alexandria, Faculty of Medicine, El-Chatby, Alexandria, Egypt.

Serum and faecal alpha-1 antitrypsin concentrations as well as alpha-1 antitrypsin clearance were measured in 10 children with kwashiorkor, 10 children with marasmus, 10 children with marasmic kwashiorkor, and 10 normal Egyptian children. Serum alpha-1 antitrypsin concentrations were significantly lower than normal in all the three severely malnourished groups. The intestinal clearance of alpha-1 antitrypsin was significantly higher in the marasmic and marasmic kwashiorkor groups suggesting an important role of protein-losing enteropathy in the pathogenesis of nutritional edema.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.