Hypoalbuminemia (with anasarca) due to hypercatabolism, serum protein exudation into the gastrointestinal tract, increased capillary permeability and hypoanabolism. The unusual occurrence of increased capillary permeability temporarily reversed by human growth hormone therapy.
D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000172:deficiency*; D002199:Capillary Permeability; D004487:Edema; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000628:therapy*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D006801:Humans; D034141:Hypoalbuminemia; D008499:Medical Records; D008659:Metabolic Diseases
D001798:Blood Proteins; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D013006:Growth Hormone
BLOOD PROTEINS/deficiency; METABOLIC DISEASES/case reports; SOMATOTROPIN/therapy