Chronic constipation due to Hirschsprung's disease and desmosis coli in a family

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 110-114

  Marshall, Donald G ^a   Meier Ruge, W A ^b   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^c   Langer, Jacob C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonic motility disorder; Hirschsprung's disease; Hypoperistalsis syndrome; Pseudo Hirschsprung's disease; RET proto oncogene

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; COLON MOTILITY; CONSTIPATION; DESMOSIS COLI; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MEGACOLON; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0036523663     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830100682     Document Type: Article

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