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Induction of Nephrotic Syndrome in Mice by Retrobulbar Injection of Doxorubicin and Prevention of Volume Retention by Sustained Release Aprotinin
Published on: May 6, 2018
An unusual treatment for protein losing enteropathy
Jonathan D Windram1, Paul F J Clift, John Speakman
1Department of Congenital Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. jonwindram@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We present the case of a 22-year-old man with a Fontan circulation who suffered from intractable protein losing enteropathy for an 8-year period necessitating several hospital admissions for recurrent pleural effusions and edema. Despite trying several recognized medical therapies to alleviate his protein losing enteropathy, his condition did not improve until the introduction of loperamide for troublesome diarrhea. Following this, his symptoms and serum albumin improved dramatically and he has not required any further hospital admissions at 22 months follow up.
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