Enhanced production of interferon-gamma as a possible cause of protein-losing enteropathy after modified Fontan operation

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Oct;37(4):504-7. doi: 10.1097/00005176-200310000-00019.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Fontan Procedure / adverse effects*
  • Goblet Cells / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / analysis
  • Interferon-gamma / biosynthesis*
  • Intestinal Mucosa / chemistry
  • Jejunum / pathology
  • Leukocytes / pathology
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / drug therapy
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / etiology*
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / pathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / surgery

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Interferon-gamma