Hirschsprung's disease in adults: Report of a case and review of the literature

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-120

  Miyamoto, Masayuki ^a   Egami, Kaku ^a   Maeda, Shotaro ^a   Ohkawa, Keiichi ^a   Tanaka, Noritake ^a   Uchida, Eiji ^a   Tajiri, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Constipation; Duhamel procedure; Hirschsprung's disease

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUHAMEL PROCEDURE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 18244388470     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.72.113     Document Type: Review

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