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Protein‐losing enteropathy and mixed connective‐tissue disease
Author(s) -
Terren Peter
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb120769.x
Subject(s) - protein losing enteropathy , enteropathy , mixed connective tissue disease , connective tissue , medicine , connective tissue disease , prednisolone , disease , undifferentiated connective tissue disease , pathology , immunology , autoimmune disease
A case of a person with a mixed connective‐tissue disease, who subsequently developed protein‐losing enteropathy with a partial response to prednisolone therapy, is presented. Protein‐losing enteropathy has been reported in several patients with systemic lupus erythematosus but not in patients with mixed connective‐tissue disease. This case broadens the association of protein‐losing enteropathy with autoimmune diseases and suggests that the diagnosis should be considered in patients with mixed connective‐tissue disease who have hypoalbuminaemia.