A Case of Protein Supplement Effect in Protein-Losing Enteropathy
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A Case of Protein Supplement Effect in Protein-Losing Enteropathy
The objective of this article is to report improvement of nutritional status by protein supplements in the patient with protein-losing enteropathy. The patient was a female whose age was 25 and underwent medical treatment of Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowl disease, after diagnosis of cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous enteritis. The weight was 33.3 kg (68% of IBW) in the severe underweight a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Nutrition Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2287-3732,2287-3740
DOI: 10.7762/cnr.2012.1.1.94