Abnormal distribution of intestinal pacemaker (C-KIT-positive) cells in an infant with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 859-862

  Yamataka, Atsuyuki ^a   Ohshiro, Kiyohiko ^b   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^b   Lane, Geoffrey J ^b   Yamataka, Tamiki ^b   Fujiwara, Toshio ^b   Sunagawa, Masakatsu ^b   Miyano, Takeshi ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

C KIT; Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction; Intestinal pacemaker cells

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

CASE REPORT; CECOSTOMY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEWBORN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

EID: 0031867801     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90660-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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