Ultrastructural features of nerve fascicles and basal lamina abnormalities in Hirschsprung's disease

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Wedel, Thilo ^b   Holschneider, A M ^c   Krammer, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Enteric nervous system; Hirschsprung's disease; Myelination; Nerve fiber hypertrophy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0032949773     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072217     Document Type: Article

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