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Protein-Losing Enteropathies

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Definition: 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 LYMPHANGIECTASIS; WHIPPLE'S DISEASE; and NEOPLASMS of the SMALL INTESTINE.     
See Also Agammaglobulinemia; Hypoproteinemia; Lymphopenia 		Other names Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemia; Enteropathy, Exudative; Protein Losing Enteropathy; Protein Losing Enteropathies; Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias; Hypoproteinemias, Idiopathic Hypercatabolic; Hypoproteinemia, Idiopathic Hypercatabolic; Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias, Idiopathic; Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemia, Idiopathic; Exudative Enteropathy; Exudative Enteropathies; Enteropathy, Protein-Losing; Enteropathies, Protein-Losing; Enteropathies, Exudative; Protein-Losing Enteropathy

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