Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 11 , Pages 2156-2162 , November 2009

Pouch colon associated with anorectal malformations fails to show spontaneous contractions but responds to acetylcholine and histamine in vitro

  • Preeti Tyagi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005 (U.P.), India
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  • Maloy B. Mandal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005 (U.P.), India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 542 2312099; fax: +91 542 2367568.
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  • Sanchayan Mandal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005 (U.P.), India
    • ,
  • Shashikant C.U. Patne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005 (U.P.), India
    • ,
  • Ajay N. Gangopadhyay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005 (U.P.), India

Received 2 January 2009 ,Revised 24 April 2009 ,Accepted 26 April 2009.

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PII: S0022-3468(09)00383-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.04.032

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 11 , Pages 2156-2162 , November 2009

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