Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 475-482 , March 2010

Murine model of Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. I: Phenotypic characterization with development of a histopathologic grading system

  • Zhi Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery and The Pediatric Surgery Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • Authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Deepti Dhall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • Authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Lifu Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery and The Pediatric Surgery Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Hanlin L. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Terence M. Doherty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Catherine Bresee

      Affiliations

    • The Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Philip K. Frykman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery and The Pediatric Surgery Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 8 April 2009 ,Revised 6 June 2009 ,Accepted 8 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.06.009

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 475-482 , March 2010

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