The risk of intussusception related to rotavirus vaccination was undetectable as a result of low vaccine coverage and limited statistical power. Significant risk factors for intussusception in infants ...

Intussusception is a common cause of blockage in the intestine in young children. It is rarer in adults and is usually due to an underlying condition. The condition can cause pain and severe ...

(Reuters Health) - More than a decade after the rotavirus vaccine was added to the roster of routine shots recommended for all infants in the U.S., vaccination is still reducing hospitalizations for ...

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A vaccine to protect infants from rotavirus, a common but dangerous virus that causes severe and sometimes fatal diarrhoea, may have been prematurely withdrawn from the market. Wyeth Laboratories ...

IMPAIRMENT of the vascular supply to a segment of bowel may be one of a number of causes of intestinal atresia. Louw § and others have been persuasive in demonstrating that local ischemia probably ...