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Pediatric Surgery Congenital Segmental Dilatation of Colon
Segmented dilatation of the colon belongs to the group of poorly understood dysmotility disorders of colon related to Hirschsprung's disease but without abnormality of ganglion cells. Of the fourteen previously reported cases of segmental dilatation of colon in the English literature, only two had presented in the neonatal age(l,2). We report a similar case and highlight the features common to ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.112.1.100