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A Scoring System to Predict the Severity of Hirschsprung Disease at Diagnosis and Its Correlation With Molecular Genetics.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Núñez-Ramos Raquel, Fernández Raquel M, González-Velasco Miguel, Ruiz-Contreras Jesús, Galán-Gómez Enrique, Núñez-Núñez Ramón, Borrego Salud
Abstract excerpt
Objectives Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) has a wide range of severity. There are nonsevere forms treated conservatively until surgery and severe forms that require an early stoma and prolonged hospitalization. Our objective was to establish a clinical scoring system to predict the severity of HSCR and to evaluate the possible existence of a clinical-genetic correlation. Methods We carried out a retrospective...
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