Congenital Tufting Enteropathy, a Rare Cause of Diarrhea and Malnourishment in Arab Child with Genetic and Histopathology Investigations

• Main Authors: Shooq Alkhalifa (Author), Aysha Darwish (Author), Mohamed Awadh (Author), Salman M. Alkhalifa (Author), Abdulla Darwish (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital tufting enteropathy (CTE), also known as intestinal epithelial dysplasia (IED), is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to EPCAM gene mutation. It is a rare congenital enteropathy that presents in early infancy as an intractable diarrhea that is independent of breast formula feeding th...