Abstract
A 4-year-old child suffering from both familial dysautonomia (FD) and congenital megacolon (CM) is described.
The possibility of a single etiology of the two conditions is discussed.
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Azizi, E., Berlowitz, I., Vinograd, I. et al. Congenital megacolon associated with familial dysautonomia. Eur J Pediatr 142, 68–69 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00442596
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