Protein-losing gastroenteropathy complicated with asymptomatic primary biliary cholangitis, refractory to immunosuppressant, and improved by Helicobacter pylori eradication: a case report

BACKGROUND: Protein-losing gastroenteropathy (PLGE) is a syndrome with a chief complaint of hypoalbuminemia, which occurs due to plasma protein leakage in the gastrointestinal tract, leading to general edema, ascites, and pleural effusions. CASE PRESENTATION: A 71-year-old woman visited another hosp...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Misako, Kawaratani, Hideto, Noguchi, Ryuichi, Koizumi, Aritoshi, Shibamoto, Akihiko, Kaji, Kosuke, Shimozato, Naotaka, Kojima, Kuniyuki, Nishimura, Yoshiaki, Yoshiji, Hitoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8900399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35255813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-022-02170-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8900399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35255813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-022-02170-8

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