congenital chloride diarrhea
- congenital chloride diarrhea
- an autosomal recessive condition characterized by severe, watery diarrhea that begins in early infancy and contains an excess of chloride because of impairment of chloride-bicarbonate exchange in the lower colon. Affected infants have a distended abdomen, lethargy, and retarded growth and mental development. The condition is accompanied by alkalosis and hypokalemia, and is often associated with maternal hydramnios. Called also congenital chloridorrhea.
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