Congenital chronic diarrhea with protein-losing enteropathy

Congenital chronic diarrhea with protein-losing enteropathy is a rare, genetic, intestinal disease characterized by early-onset, chronic, non-infectious, non-bloody, watery diarrhea associated with protein-losing enteropathy which results in hypoalbuminemia, hypogammaglobulinemia and elevated stool alpha-1-antitrypsin. Patients typically present severe, intractable diarrhea, failure to thrive, recurrent infections and edema.