eighty-eight specimens of esophagus , small intestine , or colon from 45 patients , predominantly infants and children , with 30 different genetic diseases were analyzed by a microdissection technique for the following abnormalities of the auerbach ( myenteric ) plexus : ( 1 ) abnormality of the pattern of the nervous network of the plexus , ( 2 ) abnormal fraction of neural tissue in the plane of the plexus , ( 3 ) abnormal size or appearance of the cytoplasm of the neurons of the plexus , and ( 4 ) abnormal number of neurons in the ganglia of the plexus .
C0027757
neural tissue
C0027882
neurons