Interstitial cells of Cajal in human gut and gastrointestinal disease

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 344-360

  Vanderwinden, Jean Marie ^a,c   Rumessen, Jüri J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Docteur en Psychologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal disease; Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC)

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUT DISEASE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN GUTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; STENOSES;

CARDIA; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LEYDIG CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032786653     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19991201)47:5<344::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Review

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