Effect of nitric oxide on the colonic smooth muscle of patients with Hirschsprung's disease☆
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Presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, DC, October 29–31, 1993.
Supported by the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation, L.A.B. Charities, and NIH training grant no. 5T32GM08258.
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