Dr. Gene L Whitington M.D.
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
806 Estate Pl Memphis TN, 38120About
Dr. Gene Whitington is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Memphis, TN. Dr. Whitington specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Congenital nonhemolytic icterus with damage to the central nervous system. Report of a case in a Negro child.
- Acid peptic disease in children with type I diabetes mellitus. A complicating relationship.
- Partial external diversion of bile for the treatment of intractable pruritus associated with intrahepatic cholestasis.
- Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy in childhood.
- The effect of short-term total parenteral nutrition on hepatic function in the human neonate: a prospective randomized study demonstrating alteration of hepatic canalicular function.
- Anterior sacral defects: an autosomal dominantly inherited condition.
- Comparison of antibiotic serum concentrations after intramuscular oxacillin and oral cloxacillin in children.
- Laparoscopic common duct exploration in a child with recurrent pancreatitis due to a primary fungus ball in the terminal common bile duct.
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