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Hirschsprung's disease
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Hirschsprung's disease [′hərsh‚pru̇ŋz di‚zēz]
(medicine)
A disease caused by absence of the myenteric ganglion cells in a segment of rectum or distal colon, resulting in spasm of the affected part and dilation of the bowel proximal to the defect.


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Tip 4, Shah-Waardenburg sendromu olarak da bilinir, siklikla otozomal resesif olarak gecer ve Hirschsprung hastaligi eslik edebilir (5).
Under the lid of a handsome early 19th-century bow-fronted cabinet, in the Hirschsprung museum in Copenhagen, can be found the pile of "oyster shells" that so struck a visitor to the studio of Denmark's most enigmatic painter.
Flowers have been delivered to Sammi's bed at University Hospital, Walsgrave, where she has been for five months suffering with a bowel disorder and Hirschsprung disease.
 
 
 
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