Childhood constipation; An overview of genetic studies and associated syndromes

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-88

  Peeters, B ^a   Benninga, M A ^a   Hennekam, R C ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Constipation; Genes; Genetic; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; MALONYL COENZYME A DECARBOXYLASE;

AICARDI SYNDROME; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BULLOUS CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EMPHYSEMA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FABRY DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLOATING HARBOR SYNDROME; GARDNER SYNDROME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEREDITY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOVENTILATION; JACOBSEN SYNDROME; LIPODYSTROPHY; MCKUSICK KAUFMAN SYNDROME; MELAS SYNDROME; MENINGOCELE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIPLE CANCER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; PORPHYRIA; RUBINSTEIN SYNDROME; SANDHOFF DISEASE; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; TURNER SYNDROME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 79952430873     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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