Abstract:Backgrounds: Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) characterizes as intractable lifethreatening watery diarrhea malnutrition after birth.Materials & Methods: Here we describe two patients with prenatal ultrasound findings of bowel dilation or increased amniotic fluid volume presented intractable diarrhea after birth. Exome sequencing and Intestinal biopsy were performed for the patients and their parents to reveal the underlying causes. The mutations were verified by Sanger sequencing and quantitative polymeras… Show more
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