Hirschsprung's disease: A 20-year experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1221-1225

  Reding, Raymond ^a,b   De Ville De Goyet, Jean ^a,b   Gosseye, Serge ^a,b   Clapuyt, Philippe ^a,b   Sokal, Etienne ^a,b   Buts, Jean Paul ^a,b   Gibbs, Paul ^a,b   Otte, Jean Bernard ^a,b  

^a University of Louvain Medical School ^*

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Enterocolitis; Functional evaluation; Hirschsprung's disease; Swenson's procedure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGANGLIONOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 12644267296     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90686-2     Document Type: Article

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