Epidemiological characteristics of Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR): Results of a case series of fifty patients from Bangladesh

Prospective study of 50 Hirschsprung disease patients in Bangladesh found elevated consanguinity rates (16% vs 10% general population) and no association with advanced maternal age. Most patients were born at term with normal birth weight, and 18% had associated anomalies including two previously unreported coexisting conditions.