Hirschsprung's disease: Practical considerations;Maladie de Hirschsprung: Attitude pratique

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 486-498

  Boman, Françoise ^a   Corsois, Laurent ^a   Paraf, François ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Hirschsprung's disease; Histochemistry; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; PROTEIN RET;

CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; RECTUM; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SIGMOID; STAINING; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 14244257051     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0242-6498(04)94013-8     Document Type: Review

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