Neurochemical coding in the small intestine of patients with Crohn's disease

Gut

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 767-774

  Belai, A ^a,b   Boulos, P B ^a   Robson, T ^a   Burnstock, G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 0030871661     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.40.6.767     Document Type: Article

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