Altered contractile proteins and neural innervation in idiopathic megarectum and megacolon

Histopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-38

  Gattuso, J M ^a   Smith, V V ^b   Kamm, M A ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractile proteins; Idiopathic; Immunohistochemistry; Innervation; Megacolon; Megarectum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; FILAMIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC MEGARECTUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLON; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEGACOLON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM;

EID: 0031830967     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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