Late diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease

Hirschsprung's disease is a condition characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in a variable segment of the large intestine, mainly producing the symptom of constipation and being usually diagnosed in the first year of life. With diagnostic methods already established in the literature, t...

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Main Authors: Marielle Rodrigues Martins, Carlos Henrique Marques dos Santos, Gustavo Ribeiro Falcão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936315000519