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SUBMITTER: Wang XJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6744965 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Xiao Jing XJ Camilleri Michael M
Digestive diseases and sciences 20190405 10
<h4>Objective</h4>Chronic megacolon is rarely encountered in clinical practice beyond infancy or early childhood. Most cases are sporadic, and some are familial megacolon and present during adolescence or adulthood. There is a need for diagnostic criteria and identifying genetic variants reported in non-Hirschsprung's megacolon.<h4>Methods</h4>PubMed search was conducted using specific key words.<h4>Results</h4>This article reviews the clinical manifestations, current diagnostic criteria, and in ...[more]