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Congenital chloride diarrhoea (presentation of two cases)
E Mihailova1, B Boikinov, L Chakova
1Department of Pediatrics, Higher Medical Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Folia Medica
|June 19, 1998
Abstract:
Two cases of congenital chloride diarrhoea in newborn infants are presented. The diagnosis was made by a combination of clinical findings--hydramnios, low birth weight, large abdomen, severe dehydration, dyselectrolytemia with hypochloremia and hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis. A crucial finding for the confirmation of the diagnosis was the fourfold rise of faecal CI exceeding the sum of sodium and potassium concentrations.