Microvillus inclusion disease
Microvillus inclusion disease
Definition
Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a very rare, severe, malabsorbative syndrome characterized clinically by protracted or intractable neonatal secretory diarrhea and histologically by inclusion bodies on the intestinal epithelium.
Also known as congenital familial protracted diarrhea with enterocyte brush-border abnormalities, congenital familial protracted diarrhoea with enterocyte brush-border abnormalities, congenital microvillous atrophy, congenital microvillus atrophy, Davidson disease, diarrhoea 2 with microvillus atrophy, microvillous inclusion disease, microvillus inclusion disease, MVID, MYO5B secretory diarrhea, MYO5B secretory diarrhoea, secretory diarrhea caused by mutation in MYO5B, secretory diarrhoea caused by mutation in MYO5B — per MONDO