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Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in patients with esophageal atresia.
Birth defects research - 15 May 2020
Ten Kate Chantal A, Brouwer Rutger W W, van Bever Yolande, Martens Vera K, Brands Tom, van Beelen Nicole W G, Brooks Alice S, Huigh Daphne, van der Helm Robert M, Eussen Bert H F M M, van IJcken Wilfred F J, IJsselstijn Hanneke, Tibboel Dick, Wijnen Rene M H, de Klein Annelies, Hofstra Robert M W, Brosens Erwin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients born with esophageal atresia (EA) have a higher incidence of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS), suggestive of a relationship. A shared etiology makes sense from a developmental perspective as both affected structures are foregut derived. A genetic component has been described for both conditions as single entities and EA and IHPS are variable components in several monogenetic...
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