Ultrastructural characterization of the interstitial cells of Cajal

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-316

  Komuro, Terumasa ^a   Seki, Keisuke ^a   Horiguchi, Kazuhide ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GUINEA PIG; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; STOMACH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032806397     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.62.295     Document Type: Review

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