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Hirschsprung Disease : Causes

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Causes could include:
Muscle contractions in the gut help digested materials move through the intestine. This is called peristalsis.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 8, 2007
Hirschsprung's disease occurs early in fetal development when, for unknown reasons, there is either failure of nerve cell development, failure of nerve cell migration, or arrest in nerve cell development in a segment of bowel. The absence of these...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Hirschsprung's disease occurs early in fetal development when, for unknown reasons, there is either failure of nerve cell development, failure of nerve cell migration, or arrest in nerve cell development in a segment of bowel. The absence of these...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Hirschsprung disease occurs early in fetal development when, for unknown reasons, there is either failure of nerve cell development, failure of nerve cell migration, or arrest in nerve cell development in a segment of bowel. The absence of these n...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Hirschsprung's disease occurs early in fetal development when, for unknown reasons, there is either failure of nerve cell development, failure of nerve cell migration, or arrest in nerve cell development in a segment of bowel. The absence of these...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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