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Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan

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Children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) may have a multitude of medical and surgical co-morbidities and complications. Gastrointestinal diseases are common, ranging from relatively benign conditions to potentially life threatening ones. This chapter focuses on the most commonly encountered gastrointestinal problems that face many individuals with IDD. Topics that will be discussed include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), rumination syndrome, constipation, dysphagia, feeding tube problems and hepatitis.

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  1. Neurogastroenterology Motility Program, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, 601 Children’s Lane, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA

    Orhan Atay M.D.

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  1. Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability and Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    I. Leslie Rubin

  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Medical Services, Division for Developmental and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joav Merrick

  3. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

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Atay, O. (2016). Gastrointestinal Issues. In: Rubin, I.L., Merrick, J., Greydanus, D.E., Patel, D.R. (eds) Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18096-0_100

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