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Clinical and genetic characteristics of meconium ileus in newborns with and without cystic fibrosis.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 May 2010
Gorter R R, Karimi A, Sleeboom C, Kneepkens C M F, Heij H A
Abstract excerpt
The present study compares the clinical presentation and diagnostic features of meconium ileus (MI) in newborns with and without cystic fibrosis (CF). A retrospective study of 43 patients treated in the Pediatric Surgical Center of Amsterdam was performed. Twenty-three of the patients (53.5%) were diagnosed as having CF. Complex MI was significantly more frequent in patients without CF, and these patients had...
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