NADPH diaphorase-containing nerve fibers and neurons in the myenteric plexus are resistant to postmortem changes: Studies in hirschsprung's disease and normal autopsy material

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 461-466

  Wester, Tomas ^a   O'Briain, D Sean ^a   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; STAINING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0031862355     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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