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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ng C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6232787 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Case reports in orthopedics 20181030
Intestinal epithelial dysplasia (tufting enteropathy) is an uncommon congenital disorder. Furthermore, its association with chronic inflammatory arthropathy is rarely documented in the literature. Low prevalence rates of 1 in 100,000 live births in Western Europe exist, with higher rates in North Africa and Middle Eastern countries. Malta, being a small Mediterranean island at the cusp between Europe and North Africa, has an anecdotal sevenfold prevalence rate. This is the first documented case ...[more]