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BOOKS
- Buyse, Mary Louise, MD., ed. "Colon, Aganglionosis." In Birth Defects Encyclopedia. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1990.
- Phillips, Sidney F., and John H. Pemberton. "Megacolon: Congenital and Acquired." In Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, edited by Mark Feldman, et al. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1998.
PERIODICALS
- Kusafuka, T., and P. Puri. "Genetic Aspects of Hirschprung's Disease." Seminars in Pediatric Surgery 7 (1998): 148-55.
- Martucciello, G., et al. "Pathogenesis of Hirschprung's Disease." Journal of Pediatric Surgery 35 (2000): 1017-25.
- Munnes, M., et al. "Familial Form of Hirschprung Disease: Nucleotide Sequence Studies Reveal Point Mutations in the RET Proto-oncogene in Two of Six Families But Not in Other Candidate Genes." American Journal of Medical Genetics 94 (2000): 19-27.
- Puri, P., K. Ohshiro, and T. Wester. "Hirschprung's Disease: A Search for Etiology." Seminars in Pediatric Surgery 7(1998): 140-7.
- Salomon, R., et al. "From Monogenic to Polygenic: Model of Hirschsprung Disease." Pathol Biol (Paris) 46 (1998): 705-7.
ORGANIZATIONS
- American Pseudo-Obstruction& Hirschsprung's Society. 158 Pleasant St., North Andover, MA 01845. (978) 685-4477.
- Pull-thru Network. 316 Thomas St., Bessemer, AL 35020. (205) 428-5953.
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