Collagen alteration in an animal model of colonic diverticulosis

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 701-706

  Wess, L ^a   Eastwood, M A ^b   Edwards, C A ^c   Busuttil, A ^d   Miller, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collagen; colon; crosslinking; diverticulosis; fibre; SCFA

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; HIGH FIBER DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029950015     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.5.701     Document Type: Article

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