Distribution of c-Kit immunopositive cells in normal human colon and in Hirschsprung's disease

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1209-1214

  Horisawa, Minoru ^a   Watanabe, Yoshio ^b   Torihashi, Shigeko ^a  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; Colon; Hirschsprung's disease; Immunohistochemistry; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGANGLIONOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PACEMAKER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031903918     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90152-X     Document Type: Article

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