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Review
. 2007 Apr;56(4):459-61.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2006.107748.

Transplanting the enteric nervous system: a step closer to treatment for aganglionosis

Michael D Gershon  1
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Review

Transplanting the enteric nervous system: a step closer to treatment for aganglionosis

Michael D Gershon. Gut. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

Autologous transplantation can be used to treat Hirschsprung's disease by implantation and proliferation of the crest‐derived stem cells in vitro

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