Clinical and genetic differences in total colonic aganglionosis in Hirschsprung's disease

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1899-1903

  Moore, Samuel W ^a   Zaahl, Monique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; EDNRB; Genetic; Hirschsprung's; RET

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON AGANGLIONOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 68149138087     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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