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Generally, most peritoneal diseases affect children in the same ways that they affect adults. However, certain peritoneal diseases are more common in children than they are in adults. Intussusception, a disorder in which one portion of the intestines overlaps another, is the leading cause of bowel obstruction in young children but rarely affects adults.
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