Use of the recto-sigmoid index to diagnose Hirschsprung's disease

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-63

  Garcia, R ^a   Arcement, C ^a   Hormaza, L ^a   Haymon, M L ^a   Ward, K ^a   Velasco, C ^a   Correa, H ^a   Congeni, J D ^a   Brown, R ^a   Tyson, P ^a   Udall, J ^a   Schmidt Sommerfeld, E ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aganglionosis; Barium enema; Hirschsprung's disease; Recto sigmoid index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RECTO SIGMOID INDEX; RECTUM BIOPSY; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARIUM SULFATE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON, SIGMOID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENEMA; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCTION;

EID: 33845525205     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806289328     Document Type: Article

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