Enterokinase Deficiency: A Case of Pancreatic Insufficiency.

Indian J Pediatr

Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Published: August 2021

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  • - Enterokinase deficiency (EKD) is a rare inherited disorder caused by mutations in the TMPRSS15 gene, with only 12 known cases reported so far.
  • - A new case involved a female infant with a specific mutation (c.1216C>T, p.R406*) exhibiting skin lesions similar to acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE).
  • - After starting a protein-rich hydrolyzed formula, the infant's skin condition improved significantly in just 11 days, indicating that AE-like rashes can be linked to EKD and broadening the understanding of TMPRSS15 mutations.
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Background: Enterokinase deficiency (EKD) is a rare autosomal recessively inherited disorder mainly characterized by diarrhea, hypoproteinemia and failure to thrive in infancy. Loss-of-function variants in the gene cause EKD.

Methods: We report the clinical manifestations and molecular basis of EKD in a Chinese child.

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Prof. em. Pediatrics, Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde, Bonn University, Germany.

With the rapid increase in knowledge on the genetic origin of diseases within the gastrointestinal tract the number of congenital diseases, which already manifest during childhood have drastically increased. Due to the large application of molecular genetics the number is steadily increasing. To make the access to these rare diseases fast and efficient the data base of the National Library of Medicine (Online Mendelian Inheritance of Man - OMIN) is a very helpful online tool, with which all these disease entities can be found easily (http://www.

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