Microvillous inclusion disease diagnosed by gastric biopsy.

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Niranjan Thomas

Anna Benjamin Pulimood

Manish Kumar

Atanu Kumar Jana

چکیده

Protracted diarrhea in neonates is uncommon and usually requires an intestinal biopsy for etiological diagnosis. Gastric biopsy has not been used in the routine diagnosis of this condition. We report the first documented patient with microvillous inclusion disease from India, where the diagnosis was established by a gastric biopsy.

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