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Mesenteric Neural Crest Cells Are the Embryological Basis of Skip Segment Hirschsprung’s Disease

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Published in 2020 at "Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology"

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2020.12.010

Abstract: Background & Aims Defective rostrocaudal colonization of the gut by vagal neural crest cells (vNCCs) results in Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR), which is characterized by aganglionosis in variable lengths of the distal bowel. Skip segment Hirschsprung’s… read more here.

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