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Induction of Intestinal Graft-versus-host Disease and Its Mini-endoscopic Assessment in Live Mice
Published on: February 11, 2019
Protein-losing enteropathy secondary to graft-versus-host disease
Venny A Venegas-Gómez1, Jesús Ruiz-Manríquez2, Orlando Emmanuel Falcón-Antonio3
1Gastroenterolgy, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México.
Abstract:
Protein-losing enteropathy is a gastrointestinal complication of Graft versus host disease. The clinical presentation can be similar to that of multiple pathologies and represents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. We report a 23-year-old man with a history of acute lymphoid leukemia that required allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation that came to evaluation due to anasarca. We report a 23-year-old man with a history of acute lymphoid leukemia who required allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and came to evaluation due to anasarca.
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