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Lack of mucosal cholinergic innervation is associated with increased risk of enterocolitis in Hirschsprung’s disease
2020-06-15
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<h4>Background & Aims</h4> Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR) is a congenital intestinal motility disorder defined by the absence of enteric nervous cells (ganglia). The development of HSCR-associated enterocolitis remains a life-threatening complication. Absence of enteric ganglia implicates extramural innervation of acetylcholine-secreting (cholinergic) nerve fibers. Cholinergic signals have been reported to control...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 094c5545-8744-547a-98e5-1ec280339aad
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.06.15.151621
