Acute idiopathic gastric dilatation with gastric necrosis in individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-441

  Wharton, Robert H ^a,c   Wang, Timothy ^a   Graeme Cook, Fiona ^a   Briggs, Susan ^a   Cole, Robert E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric dilatation; Gastric necrosis; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; NECROSIS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISTENSION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC DILATATION; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME;

EID: 0030829139     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971231)73:4<437::AID-AJMG12>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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