Idiopathic megacolon

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-400

  Autschbach, Frank ^a   Gassler, Nikolaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Idiopathic megacolon; Intestinal motility disorders

Indexed keywords

CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOX GENE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MEGACOLON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 34247147202     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3280116cb8     Document Type: Short Survey

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