title: A Japanese family of X-linked auto-immune enteropathy with haemolytic anaemia and polyendocrinopathy.
abstract: Three cases of X-linked auto-immune enteropathy with haemolytic anaemia and polyendocrinopathy are described from one related Japanese kindred. Two boys had died due to severe diarrhoea accompanied by total or subtotal intestinal villous atrophy. In contrast, although one patient showed the same symptoms and had circulating IgG antibodies against enterocytes, his condition improved dramatically and he developed well following the use of cyclosporin A (CSA). CSA may be beneficial in patients with this rare disorder. Auto-immune enteropathy should be considered as a cause of protracted diarrhoea with unknown aetiology.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Satake
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nakanishi
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Okano
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Tomizawa
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ishizaka
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kojima
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Onodera
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ariga
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Satake
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Sakiyama
mesh_terms: D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D016884:Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D016572:Cyclosporine