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Abstract
Intestinal obstruction caused by congealed MECONIUM in the distal ILEUM and CECUM. It presents shortly after birth as a failure to pass meconium and frequently occurs in infants with CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
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- Ileus, Meconium
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, 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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2018
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- Intestinal Obstruction (1963-2017)
- Meconium (1963-2017)
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- National Library of Medicine. Meconium Ileus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000074270. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000074270
- Meconium Ileus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55784355