Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease with particular emphasis on histopathology. A systematic review of current literature

Przeglad Gastroenterologiczny

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 264-269

  Szylberg, Lukasz ^a   Marszalek, Andrzej ^a,b,c  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c GREATER POLAND CANCER CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hirschsprung's disease; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GOLD STANDARD; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANOMETRY; RECTUM BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84908267417     PISSN: 18955770     EISSN: 18974317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/pg.2014.46160     Document Type: Article

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