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Hirschsprung Disease

"Hirschsprung Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Congenital MEGACOLON resulting from the absence of ganglion cells (aganglionosis) in a distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE. The aganglionic segment is permanently contracted thus causing dilatation proximal to it. In most cases, the aganglionic segment is within the RECTUM and SIGMOID COLON.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hirschsprung Disease" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Hirschsprung Disease" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 92 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2016
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