Anal sphincter achalasia and ultrashort hirschsprung's disease

Hirschsprung's Disease and Allied Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 297-322

  Holschneider, A M ^a,b   Kunst, M ^b  

^a Immenzaun 6a   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-33935-9_22     Document Type: Chapter

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