Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood: gastrointestinal manifestations and correlation with neurological impairments

Table 2 Gastrointestinal Diagnoses and corresponding interventions in our cohort

Diagnosis	Number affected/Number needing medical intervention/number needing surgery
Gastrointestinal dysmotility	33 affected/33 needed medications/16 needed gastrostomy^a
Gastroparesis	4 affected/4 diagnosed by nuclear medicine gastric emptying study, 0 needed surgery
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia	26 affected/26 needed advice about volumes and textures of food/16 needed gastrostomy^a
Gastroesophageal Reflux	26 affected/26 needed medications/2 needed Nissen fundoplication

^aGastrostomy was performed for the problems of swallowing with aspiration as well as for usually coexisting hypomotlity

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