Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 73-77 , January 2003

Immunocolocalization of the heme oxygenase-2 and interstitial cells of Cajal in normal and aganglionic colon

Presented at the 49th Annual Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Cambridge, England, July 23-26, 2002.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Professor Prem Puri, MS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed), FACS, Director of Research, Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland.

PII: S0022-3468(02)63022-2

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50014

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 73-77 , January 2003

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