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Query: UMLS:C0024523 (
malabsorption
)
7,319
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 5-year-old boy with known
severe combined immunodeficiency
disease presented with chronic diarrhea,
malabsorption
and retarded growth. Candida albicans was found in distal duodenal fluid, and invading the intestinal mucosa. Chronic diarrhea persisted after antimycotic therapy, but responded to treatment with cholestyramine. Repeated courses of cholestyramine resin over a 6-month period were required for complete resolution of the gastrointestinal symptomatology.
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PMID:Cholestyramine treatment of chronic diarrhea associated with immune deficiency syndrome. 47 76
