The histopathology of gastrointestinal motility disorders in children

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 206-211

  Feichter, Sonja ^a   Meier Ruge, William A ^b   Bruder, Elisabeth ^b  

^a State Hospital Lucerne   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Desmosis; Ganglioneuromatosis; Hirschsprung's disease; Hypoganglionosis; Intestinal wall

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGANGLIONOSIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; GANGLIONEUROMA; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGANGLIONOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL NEURONAL DYSPLASIA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE WALL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MYOPATHY; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 70349301708     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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