Does the radiographic transition zone correlate with the level of aganglionosis on the specimen in Hirschsprung's disease?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 597-601

  Muller, Cécile Olivia ^a   Mignot, Cécile ^b   Belarbi, Nadia ^a   Berrebi, Dominique ^a   Bonnard, Arnaud ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aganglionosis; Contrast enema; Hirschsprung disease

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE TRANSITION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863983041     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-012-3094-6     Document Type: Article

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