Hirschsprung's disease as a neurochristopathy.

doi:10.1007/BF01194793

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Hirschsprung's disease as a neurochristopathy.

Pediatric surgery international - 1 Jan 1997

Martucciello G

Abstract excerpt

Recent molecular-genetic and histochemical studies of intestinal aganglionosis have confirmed the initial classification established by Bolande, who considered Hirschsprung's disease (HD) a neurocristopathy. This paper is a critical review of the results of molecular-genetic studies carried out f...

Topics

Drosophila Proteins
Gene Expression
Hirschsprung Disease
Humans
Mutation
Neural Crest
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
Proto-Oncogenes
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

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