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Digestive System Diseases > Digestive System Abnormalities > Intestinal Atresia
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Digestive System Abnormalities > Intestinal Atresia
Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Intestinal Diseases > Intestinal Atresia

Preferred term

Intestinal Atresia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Apple Peel Intestinal Atresia
  • Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresia
  • Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresias
  • Apple Peel Syndrome
  • Apple Peel Syndromes
  • Atresia, Apple-Peel Intestinal
  • Atresia, Congenital Intestinal
  • Atresia, Intestinal
  • Atresias, Apple-Peel Intestinal
  • Atresias, Congenital Intestinal
  • Congenital Intestinal Atresia
  • Congenital Intestinal Atresias
  • Intestinal Atresia, Apple-Peel
  • Intestinal Atresia, Congenital
  • Intestinal Atresias, Apple-Peel
  • Intestinal Atresias, Congenital

Note

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

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007409

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