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. 1969 Jun;44(235):406–417. doi: 10.1136/adc.44.235.406

Autonomic nerves in rectum and colon in Hirschsprung's disease. A cholinesterase and catecholamine histochemical study.

J R Garrett, E R Howard, H H Nixon

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