Deficiency of c-kit+ cells in patients with a myopathic form of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 332-334

  Isozaki, Koji ^a   Hirota, Seiichi ^a   Miyagawa, Jun Ichiro ^a   Taniguchi, Masahiro ^a   Shinomura, Yasuhisa ^a   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; MALE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 0031039489     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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