Studies of RET gene expression and acetylcholinesterase activity in a series of sporadic Hirschsprung's disease

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1017-1021

  Coelho, Maria Cecília M ^a   Tannuri, Uenis ^a   Benditt, Israel ^a   Santos, Maria Merces ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase histochemistry; Aganglionosis; Hirschsprung's disesase; RET proto oncogene; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RET;

AGANGLIONOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET;

EID: 50849103928     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-008-2207-8     Document Type: Article

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