Enteric neuropathology of congenital intestinal obstruction: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 5229-5233

  Di Nardo, Giovanni ^a,b   Stanghellini, Vincenzo ^b   Cucchiara, Salvatore ^a   Barbara, Giovanni ^e   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^c   Santini, Donatella ^c   Felicani, Cristina ^b   Grazi, Gianluca ^d   Pinna, Antonio D ^d   Cogliandro, Rosanna ^b   Cremon, Cesare ^b   Gori, Alessandra ^b   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^b   Sanders, Kenton M ^d   De Giorgio, Roberto ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Centro di Ricerca Biomedica Applicata (CRBA)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Chronic intestinal; Congenital intestinal obstruction; Enteric nervous system; Enteric neuropathy; Ladd's band; Pseudo obstruction

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MANOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOMITING;

EID: 33748513030     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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