Colonic endocrine cells in patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 245, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 469-473

  Anan, I ^a   El Salhy, M ^a   Ando, Y ^b   Nyhlin, N ^a   Terazaki, H ^b   Sakashita, N ^b   Suhr, O ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon; Familial amyloidosis; Immunohistochemistry; Peptide YY; Serotonin; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE YY; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COLON; COLON BIOPSY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLON; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032901051     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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