The distribution and co-localization of nitric oxide synthase and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in nerves of the colons with Hirschsprung's disease

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 430, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-61

  Guo, Rishu ^a   Nada, Osami ^b   Suita, Sachiyo ^a   Taguchi, Tomoaki ^a   Masumoto, Kouji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Hirschsprung's disease; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; GANGLION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0031028035     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01008017     Document Type: Article

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