Functional intestinal obstruction on a congenital neurogenic basis in infancy
WW Zuelzer, JL Wilson - American journal of diseases of children, 1948 - jamanetwork.com
WE REPORT the cases of a number of infants in the first few days and weeks of life who
presented the clinical picture of obstructive ileus in the absence of mechanical causes of
intestinal obstruction as demonstrated at operation or at autopsy. There is evidence of a
familial tendency toward this condition. Our studies on these patients have led us to believe
that the obstruction is an entity in which a developmental defect of the intrinsic nervous
system in the lower part of the intestinal tract is associated with a disturbance in the …
presented the clinical picture of obstructive ileus in the absence of mechanical causes of
intestinal obstruction as demonstrated at operation or at autopsy. There is evidence of a
familial tendency toward this condition. Our studies on these patients have led us to believe
that the obstruction is an entity in which a developmental defect of the intrinsic nervous
system in the lower part of the intestinal tract is associated with a disturbance in the …
