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Loss of interstitial cells and a fibromuscular layer on the luminal side of the colonic circular muscle presenting as megacolon in an adult patient

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  • M S Faussone-Pellegrini aDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, bDepartment of Pathological Anatomy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, cDepartment of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences of the University, IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P Fociani aDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, bDepartment of Pathological Anatomy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, cDepartment of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences of the University, IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R Buffa aDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, bDepartment of Pathological Anatomy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, cDepartment of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences of the University, IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • G Basilisco aDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, bDepartment of Pathological Anatomy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, cDepartment of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences of the University, IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Dr G Basilisco, Department of Gastroenterology, Padiglione Granelli, Via F Sforza 35, 20122 Milano, Italy.
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Faussone-Pellegrini MS, Fociani P, Buffa R, et al
Loss of interstitial cells and a fibromuscular layer on the luminal side of the colonic circular muscle presenting as megacolon in an adult patient
Gut 1999;45:775-779.

Publication history

  • Accepted June 2, 1999
  • First published November 1, 1999.
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January 10, 2022

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