The combination of Hirschsprung's disease and achalasia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Kohler, Sven ^a   Fitze, Guido ^b   Hosie, Stuart ^a   Wessel, Lukas ^a   Holland Cunz, Stephan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal achalasia; Hirschsprung's disease; RET germ line mutation

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; PROTEIN RET;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844271297     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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