Pediatric intestinal pseudo-obstruction: Role of histopathology

• Main Authors: Ana Luiza Melo dos Santos (Author), Rafaela Wander Almeida Braga (Author), Heinrich Bender Kohnert Seidler (Author), Rodrigo Pinheiro de Abreu Miranda (Author), Ivânia Itália Teixeira Salvador (Author), Elisa de Carvalho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pediatric intestinal pseudo-obstruction (PIPO) is a rare and debilitating clinical disorder characterized by gastrointestinal motility dysfunction, resulting in symptoms suggestive of total or partial intestinal obstruction in the absence of any lumen-restricting or occlusive lesions. It is very sim...