Histochemistry of the surface mucous gel layer of the human colon

Gut

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 782-789

  Matsuo, K ^a   Ota, H ^a   Akamatsu, T ^b   Sugiyama, A ^a   Katsuyama, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon adenoma; Colon cancer; Histochemistry; Mucin; Surface mucous gel layer

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON MUCOSA; GOBLET CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE INTESTINE; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030737814     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.40.6.782     Document Type: Article

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