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A 6-year-old girl comes to her pediatrician with constipation, abdominal distention, and vomiting. After thorough examination, she is diagnosed as having Hirschsprung disease (aganglionic megacolon), which is a congenital disease and leads to dilation of the colon. This condition is caused by an absence of which of the following kinds of neural cell bodies?

ASympathetic preganglionic neuron cell bodies
BSympathetic postganglionic neuron cell bodies
CParasympathetic preganglionic neuron cell bodies
DParasympathetic postganglionic neuron cell bodies
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