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The epidemiology of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in Greater Glasgow area, 1980–96
Author(s) -
Sule Sa'adatu T.,
Stone David H.,
Gilmour Harper
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3016
pISSN - 0269-5022
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2001.00366.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertrophic pyloric stenosis , incidence (geometry) , etiology , epidemiology , stenosis , pyloric stenosis , pediatrics , optics , physics
Summary The annual incidence of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) in Greater Glasgow area from 1980 to 1996 was calculated. An increasing incidence was observed between 1980 and 1988 but not thereafter. There is a suggestion that environmental factors may play a role in the aetiology of this condition.