c-kit immunoreactive interstitial cells of Cajal in the human small and large intestine

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-202

  Romert P ^a   Mikkelsen, H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUSCLE; LIGAND BINDING; MAST CELL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLON; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0031894774     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050218     Document Type: Article

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