Rectal biopsy in children with down syndrome and chronic constipation: Hirschsprung disease vs non-hirschsprung disease

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Yin, Hong ^a   Boyd, Todd ^a   Pacheco, M Cristina ^a,b   Schonfeld, David ^a   Bove, Kevin E ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine esterase; Calretinin query; Constipation; Down syndrome; Hirschsprung disease; Rectal biopsy

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM MUCOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH MUSCLE;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864138159     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/11-01-0957-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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