Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-producing ganglioneuromatosis involving the entire colon and rectum

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Moon, Suk Bae ^a   Park, Kwi Won ^a   Jung, Sung Eun ^a   Lee, Seong Cheol ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Proctocolectomy; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide; WDHA syndrome

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; ILEUM POUCH; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECTUM POLYP; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POUCHES; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 62149101451     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.11.051     Document Type: Article

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