Reduced distribution of pacemaking cells in dilated colon

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1179-1182

  Sutcliffe, Jonathan ^a,b   King, Sebastian K ^a,b,c   Clarke, Melanie C ^a,b   Farmer, Pamela ^b   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c   Southwell, Bridget R ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atresia; Colon; Constipation; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; C KIT ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON; COLON DILATATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; INTESTINE ATRESIA; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36448930138     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-2027-2     Document Type: Article

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