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To date, studies on the gender differences between males and females in gastrointestinal (GI) diseases in children and adolescents are still lacking. In pediatric patients, some evidence for gender differences in various GI diseases such as congenital GI anomalies, functional gastrointestinal diseases (FGID), and organic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease has recently been proposed. The mechanism of gender difference in pediatric GI diseases can be explained by the differences in sex hormones according to each developmental stage, genetic differences in sex chromosomes, and the differences in gene-environment interactions. In the future, in-depth research on various pediatric GI diseases is needed along with the interest of clinicians and researchers in relation to gender differences in GI diseases in children and adolescents.
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Yang, H.R. (2022). Sex/Gender Differences in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Diseases. In: Kim, N. (eds) Sex/Gender-Specific Medicine in the Gastrointestinal Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0120-1_27
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