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An electron microscope study of the Auerbach's plexus and determination of substance P of the colon in Hirschsprung's disease

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The AA present a study of 3 cases of Hirschsprung's disease performed under electron microscopy and whose data seen to suggest that substance P, which is always found in larger amounts in the ganglionic portion of the colon (than in the aganglionic one), may be related with the granular vesicles of Auerbach's plexus.

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  1. Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Medicina Legal e Centro de Microscopia Eletrônica, Faculdade de Medicina da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    W. L. Tafuri, T. A. Maria, J. E. H. Pittella & L. Bogliolo

  2. Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    W. Hial & C. R. Diniz

  3. Centre de Microscopia Eletrônica da Faculdade de Medicina da NFMG, p. o. Box 340, Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    W. L. Tafuri

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Tafuri, W.L., Maria, T.A., Pittella, J.E.H. et al. An electron microscope study of the Auerbach's plexus and determination of substance P of the colon in Hirschsprung's disease. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 362, 41–50 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433773

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