Practical pathology and genetics of Hirschsprung's disease

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-223

  Kapur, Raj P ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Calretinin; Hirschsprung's disease; Pathology; Rectal biopsy; Transitional zone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

AGANGLIONOSIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOLITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FROZEN SECTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL NEURONAL DYSPLASIA; INTESTINE ATRESIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECURRENCE RISK; SIPPLE SYNDROME; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TRISOMY 21;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE;

EID: 70349266333     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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