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In [[medicine]], '''gastroenteritis''' is "inflammation of any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, hypersensitivity, drug effects, and cancer."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[medicine]], '''gastroenteritis''' is "inflammation of any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, hypersensitivity, drug effects, and cancer."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:40, 21 January 2009
In medicine, gastroenteritis is "inflammation of any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, hypersensitivity, drug effects, and cancer."[1]
Anatomic classification
Etiology/cause
- Infectious diarrheal disease (dysentery)
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ischemic
- Radiation
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2025), Gastroenteritis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.