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Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Table 5 Relationship between ganglion cell number and nerve bundle hypertrophy (N = 21)

From: Diagnostic utility of Bcl-2 immunohistochemical expression in pediatric functional bowel obstruction cases with ganglionated specimens

Nerve bundle hypertrophy

Ganglion cell number

X2*

P value

Hypoganglionic

Adequate

Hyperganglionic

N

%

N

%

N

%

Present

1

16.7%

5

62.5%

6

85.7%

6.0

0.02**

Absent

5

83.3%

3

37.5%

1

14.3%

  1. *Fisher’s exact test
  2. **P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant
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