What is the normal aganglionic segment of anorectum in adults?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 380-382

  Ricciardi, Rocco ^a   Counihan, Timothy C ^a   Banner, Barbara F ^b   Sweeney, W Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal Canal; Auerbach's plexus; Cadaver; Hirschsprung's disease; Meissner's plexus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON AGANGLIONOSIS; COLON MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; RECTUM BIOPSY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0033003694     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236357     Document Type: Article

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