Intestinal transplantation in children with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction [PDF]
Gut, 1999 Children with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) often require total parenteral nutrition (TPN) which puts them at risk of liver failure and recurrent line infections. Intestinal transplantation has become a therapeutic option for TPN dependent children with intestinal failure who are failing management with TPN.To investigate the outcome of ...
Lúther Sigurðsson +6 more
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Pyridostigmine in pediatric Intestinal pseudo-obstruction. case report of a 2-year old girl and literature review [PDF]
, 2019 Pediatric chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare disorder characterized by a severe impairment of gastrointestinal motility leading to intestinal obstruction symptoms in the absence of mechanical causes.
Caló, Girolamo +8 more
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Did you search for lysosomal storage diseases?
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 2017 Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction results in clinical manifestations that resemble intestinal obstruction but in the absence of any physical obstructive process.
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Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction: A Working Diagnosis [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) is a rare and disabling motility syndrome, yet one that demands an extensive review of digestive motility and peristaltic pathophysiology. Primarily a disorder of the small intestine, CIP was first
Dimarino, MD, Anthony, Kalra, MD, Ankush
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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2012 Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is considered to be one of the most frequent gastrointestinal manifestations of myasthenia gravis, accompanied by the presence of neoplasia of the thymus gland in the vast majority of the cases presented in the international
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Histopathology of the gut in rheumatic diseases [PDF]
, 2018 The gastrointestinal tract regulates the trafficking of macromolecules between the environment and the host through an epithelial barrier mechanism and is an important part of the immune system controlling the equilibrium between tolerance and immunity ...
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Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy: approaches to diagnosis and treatment [PDF]
, 2020 Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is an ultra-rare disease caused by mutations in TYMP, the gene encoding for the enzyme thymidine phosphorylase.
Bax, BE
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Therapeutic approach for Amyand’s hernia; a case report [PDF]
, 2020 In very few cases stated in the literature, the vermiform appendix might be contained in a hernial sac. This distinctive pathology is described as Amyand\u27s hernia and has the very small occurrence of about 1%.
Ardeleanu, Valeriu +4 more
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A case of visceral myopathy with ATCG2 gene mutation misdiagnosed as Hirschsprung disease [PDF]
Jichu yixue yu linchuangObjective To discuss the clinical features, differential diagnosis and complication treatment of a patient with genetic visceral myopathy. Methods Medical history, physical examination and laboratory results of the patient were collected in detail.
LIU Yuhao, ZHANG Yueyi, BAI Xiaoyin, CHEN Yang, ZHOU Weixun, LI Xiaoqing
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Nonobstructing Colonic Dilatation and Colon Perforations Following Renal Transplantation [PDF]
, 1990 Nonobstructing colonic dilatation has not been commonly reported following renal transplantation, and colon perforations carry a high morbidity and mortality in this population.
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