Identification of the interstitial cells of Cajal

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 769-786

  Komuro, T ^a   Tokui, K ^b   Zhou, D S ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Bethel Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; intestine; pacemaker; ultrastructure; vimentin

Indexed keywords

IODIDE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; STEM CELL FACTOR; VIMENTIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; GUINEA PIGS; INTESTINE, SMALL;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030058993     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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