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MENETRIER'S SYNDROME IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
NEWMAN C. L.,
McCLURE J. P.,
BENTLEY J. F. R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb18015.x
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , gastritis , disease , pediatrics , surgery , stomach
. Since Menetrier's original description in 1888 many cases of hypertrophic gastritis have been recorded in adults. Only recently has a similar syndrome been described in childhood. The case reported demonstrates the characteristic features of the condition (the duration was rather longer than in other reported cases) and diagnosis, clinical course and aetiology are discussed. In contrast to the adult disease this illness is usually short‐lived with full clinical and histological remission occurring within a few months.