Absence of the interstitial cells of Cajal in a neonate with segmental dilatation of ileum

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Tatsuma Sakaguchi (Author), Yoshinori Hamada (Author), Yusuke Nakamura (Author), Hiroshi Hamada (Author), A-Hon Kwon (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Elsevier, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Segmental dilatation of intestine (SD) is a congenital disease characterized by localized bowel dilation with normal ganglion cells. Clinically, small intestinal type of SD frequently occurs in the neonatal period with pseudo-obstruction. Though many theories have been proposed regarding the pathoge...