Rectal biopsy for Hirschsprung's disease - Are we performing too many?

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-97

  Rahman, N ^a   Chouhan, J ^a   Gould, S ^a   Joseph, Vt ^a   Grant, H ^a   Hitchcock, R ^a   Johnson, P ^a   Lakhoo, K ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constipation; Hirschsprung's disease; rectal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TISSUE SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956623117     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1241820     Document Type: Article

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