Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: A rare cause of long-lasting abdominal distension in an 8-year-old boy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 620-621

  Chen, Leiling ^a   Lang, Shiming ^a   Hu, Tingze ^a   Zhong, Lin ^a   Li, Junjie ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal distension; Hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Hirschsprung's disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; PEDIGREE; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 0036109515     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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