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Properties of enteric nervous system stem cells and their potential for clinical transplantation
2011-01-01
Abstract excerpt
The enteric nervous system (ENS), the intrinsic innervations of the gastrointestinal tract, consists of multiple neuronal and glial cells. However, during embryonic development, abnormalities in the colonization of the gut by ENS progenitors can result in lack of neurons in the colon and subsequent defective bowel function, a phenotype which characterizes the congenital disorder Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR). The...
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- b14051c7-086b-523d-9686-129b810b4ae8
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- 10.17638/03062853
