Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 490-497 , April 1996

The ontogeny of the peptide innervation of the human pylorus, with special reference to understanding the aetiology and pathogenesis of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

  • Robin Michael Abel

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mr Robin Michael Abel, Department of Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, NHS Trust, Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham B16 8ET, England.
    • Mr Robin Abel was the Research Fellow at the Institute of Child Health, London, England.

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 Presented at the 42nd Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Sheffield, England, July 25–28, 1995.

 This essay was the prize-winning award for the BAPS Trainees Prize. Mr Abel's supervisors were Professor L. Spitz (Institute of Child Health, London) and Professor J.M. Polak (The Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London).

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 490-497 , April 1996

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