Megacystis-Microcolon-Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome (MMIHS) in siblings: Case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 362-367

  Kohler M ^a   Pease, P W B ^a   Upadhyay, V ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Genetics; Megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COLON DILATATION; CYSTITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROURETER; HYPERSPLENISM; INTESTINE MALROTATION; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEGACYSTITIS MICROCOLON INTESTINAL HYPOPERISTALSIS SYNDROME; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIBLING; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH VARICES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; COLON; FAMILY HEALTH; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 9344233264     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821208     Document Type: Review

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