Enteric innervation in idiopathic megarectum and megacolon

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 264-271

  Gattuso, J M ^a   Hoyle, C H V ^b   Milner, P ^b   Kamm, M A ^a   Burnstock, G ^b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; EOSIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEMATOXYLIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN S 100; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MEGACOLON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; MEGACOLON; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECTAL DISEASES; S100 PROTEINS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030472408     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003840050059     Document Type: Article

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