New findings on the idiopathic megacolon. Its histopathology and musculo-mechanical causes;Das idiopathische Megacolon: Neue Erkenntnisse zur Histopathologie und den muskelmechanischen Ursachen

Chirurg

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 927-931

  Meier Ruge, W A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut fur Pathologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collagen III; Diagnosis; Histopathological; Hypoplastic desmosis; Idiopathic megacolon; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; COLON RESECTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEGACOLON; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; COLECTOMY; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEGACOLON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034241306     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040051157     Document Type: Article

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