Paediatric constipation for adult surgeons - Article 2: New microscopic abnormalities and therapies

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 890-894

  King, Sebastian K ^a,b,c   Sutcliffe, Jonathan R ^a,c   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c   Southwell, Bridget R ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Appendicostomy; Childhood; Chronic constipation; Interferential therapy; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Laparoscopic biopsies; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINAL NEURONAL DYSPLASIA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LAPAROSCOPY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SURGERY;

EID: 8444220890     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03202.x     Document Type: Review

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