Gastrointestinal motility disorders

Pseudo-ostruzione intestinale cronica

L. Pensabene, C. Di Lorenzo

2002/7 — pag. 427-433

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare disabling disorder characterized by recurrent or continuous symptoms and signs of bowel obstruction in the absence of lumen-blocking lesions. The presenting symptoms depend on the regions of the gastr...

Anemia sideropenica e GER nel cerebroleso

1997/8 — pag. 516-519

Gastrointestinal motor disorder occur frequently in children with brain damage. In particular, gastro-oesophageal reflux may be present in 75% of cases. Paediatricians should be alerted that sideropenic anemia may be the only sign of gastro-oes...