Gastric Dilatation and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in a Child with Prader-Willi Syndrome
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Gastric Dilatation and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in a Child with Prader-Willi Syndrome
BACKGROUND Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder characterized by initial muscular hypotonia and feeding difficulties, and later an insatiable appetite, hyperphagia and obesity along with mild to moderate intellectual impairment. Affected individuals' food-seeking behavior and suspected delayed gastric emptying can lead to gastric dilatation with subsequent necrosis and perforation....
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1941-5923
DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.903608