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Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's Disease by Immunostaining Rectal Suction Biopsies for Calretinin, S100 Protein and Protein Gene Product 9.5
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Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's Disease by Immunostaining Rectal Suction Biopsies for Calretinin, S100 Protein and Protein Gene Product 9.5

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Viscoelastic properties of the rectal wall in Hirschsprung's disease

P Arhan, G Devroede, K Danis

    The Journal of Clinical Investigation
    |July 1, 1978
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