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SUBMITTER: Lee ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3384816 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Eun-Sil ES Cho Ah Ra AR Ki Chang-Seok CS
Annals of laboratory medicine 20120620 4
Congenital chloride diarrhea (CLD) is an autosomal recessive disorder with the hallmark of persistent watery Cl(-)-rich diarrhea from birth. Mutations in the solute carrier family 26, member 3 (SLC26A3) gene, which encodes a coupled Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger in the ileum and colon, are known to cause CLD. Although there are a few reports of CLD patients in Korea, none of these had been confirmed by genetic analysis. Here, we describe the case of a Korean infant with clinical features of CLD. Usi ...[more]