title: Faecal excretion of alpha-1-antitrypsin in acute diarrhoea.
abstract: High levels of faecal alpha-1-antitrypsin were found in children suffering from acute rotavirus diarrhoea and in children with diarrhoea in whom no microbial pathogen could be established. The results suggest that transient protein-losing enteropathy is common in acute childhood diarrhoea and may influence the outcome of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications; D012401:Rotavirus; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin