Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UNIPROT:P61278 (somatostatin)
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X-linked lissencephaly with ambiguous genitalia (XLAG) syndrome is a disorder associated with severe intellectual disability and intractable epilepsy. Intractable diarrhea is also observed frequently. At present, pathogenic background of diarrhea is not revealed and the essential treatment has not yet established. We encountered a patient with XLAG, who showed intractable diarrhea. Lactose removed hypoallergenic milk and somatostatin analogs were ineffective. For enteral nutrition was impossible, a tunneled central venous catheters was inserted to obtain a sustained parenteral nutrition management. However, catheter-related bloodstream infections were repeated in a short period of time. Thus, we introduced ethanol lock therapy for infectious disease prevention purposes. As a result, we succeeded continuous treatments with preserving the catheter.
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PMID:Combinatory use of central venous catheter and ethanol lock for a patient with X-linked lissencephaly with ambiguous genitalia (XLAG) syndrome. 3001 Feb 78


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