The enteric nervous system

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 1106-1115

  Goyal, Raj K ^a,b   Hirano, Ikuo ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; ILEUS; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; MEGACOLON; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GANGLIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 0029921341     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199604253341707     Document Type: Review

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