Sequential pattern of nerve-muscle contacts in the small intestine of developing human fetus. An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 845-850

  Fekete, E ^a   Benedeczky, I ^a   Timmermans, J P ^b   Resch, B A ^c   Scheuermann, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

changing pattern; human fetus; myenteric plexus; nerve muscle contacts

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029856076     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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