Publications by authors named "Soraya Goshima"
Background: There is few information concerning constipation in adolescence.
Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of constipation in adolescents enrolled in schools settled down in the city of São José dos Campos, state of São Paulo, Brazil, and in their biological parents.
Patients And Methods: A transversal study was carried out by analyzing a convenience sample which included adolescents between 9 years and 9 months and 18 years and 7 months old and their parents in five schools situated in São José dos Campos, SP.
Objective: To evaluate results of anorectal manometry performed with equipment made in Brazil for the screening of Hirschsprung's disease in children with chronic constipation.
Methods: Results of 372 anorectal manometries performed consecutively in children with chronic constipation were evaluated. The equipment (Proctosystem Viotti) has two channels for pressure registration by the balloon method and is connected to a computer using specific software.
Background: The dermatoglyphics can be used to study the participation of genetic factors in many diseases. There is controversy concerning the association between the dermatoglyphic pattern of digital arches and constipation.
Aim: To compare the dermatoglyphic patterns among children with and without chronic constipation in relation to the dermatoglyphic patterns and characteristics of stools of their mothers.
Objective: To report two cases of infants with hemorrhagic gastritis due to cow's milk allergy.
Description: The clinical features included hematemesis, vomiting and malnutrition. All patients had eosinophilic infiltrate in gastric biopsies and got favorable clinical outcome after cow's milk free diet.