title: Gastrointestinal care of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities.
abstract: This article discusses nutrition in and specific conditions affecting children and adolescents who have disabilities. It is geared toward the practitioner of pediatrics to provide education regarding nutritional needs and how to meet them in these patients. The article reviews common problems in diagnosis and management, with particular emphasis on day-to-day issues that are in the purview of the primary care physician, and presents some recent developments in these topics.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, 1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA. feinberg@kcms.msu.edu
authors.forename: Arthur N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Feinberg
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Feinberg
authors.forename: Orhan K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Atay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors