Searching for intrinsic properties and functions of interstitial cells of Cajal

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-32

  Malysz, John ^a   Huizinga, Jan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CELL MARKER; NITRIC OXIDE;

COLON DISEASE; COLON MOTILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MESENCHYME; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0033064175     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-199901000-00006     Document Type: Review

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