Neurocutaneous melanosis associated with Hirschsprung's disease in a male neonate

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Iwabuchi, Toshihisa ^a   Shimotake, Takashi ^a   Furukawa, Taizo ^a   Tsuda, Tomoki ^a   Aoi, Shigeyoshi ^a   Iwai, Naomi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital hydrocephalus; Hirschsprung's disease; Neural crest; Neurocutaneous melanosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ANAL CANAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 23244464990     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.05.030     Document Type: Article

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