Diseases

Intestinal Atresia

Congenital obliteration of the lumen of the intestine, with the ILEUM involved in 50% of the cases and the JEJUNUM and DUODENUM following in frequency. It is the most frequent cause of INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION in NEWBORNS. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

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Abstract

Congenital obliteration of the lumen of the intestine, with the ILEUM involved in 50% of the cases and the JEJUNUM and DUODENUM following in frequency. It is the most frequent cause of INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION in NEWBORNS. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

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20 entry terms
  • Apple Peel Syndrome
  • Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresia
  • Atresia, Intestinal
  • Congenital Intestinal Atresia
  • Apple Peel Intestinal Atresia
  • Apple Peel Syndromes
  • Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresias
  • Atresia, Apple-Peel Intestinal
  • Atresia, Congenital Intestinal
  • Atresias, Apple-Peel Intestinal
  • Atresias, Congenital Intestinal
  • Congenital Intestinal Atresias
  • Intestinal Atresia, Apple-Peel
  • Intestinal Atresia, Congenital
  • Intestinal Atresias, Apple-Peel
  • Intestinal Atresias, Congenital
  • Apple Peel Small Bowel Syndrome
  • Familial Apple Peel Jejunal Atresia
  • Jejunal Atresia
  • Atresia, Jejunal

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord IM with specific intestine /abnorm except for duodenum: index duodenal atresia as DUODENAL OBSTRUCTION /congen (IM) + INTESTINAL ATRESIA (IM)

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  1. C06w.198.719w
  2. C06w.405w.469w.445w
  3. C16w.131w.314.466w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intestinal Atresia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007409. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007409
  2. Intestinal Atresia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intestinal_atresia
  3. Intestinal Atresia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4597494