Evaluation of myenteric ganglion cells and interstitial cells of Cajal in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-258

  Yu, Chang S ^a   Kim, Hee C ^a   Hong, Hyoun K ^a   Chung, Dong H ^a   Kim, Ho J ^a   Kang, Gyeong H ^a   Kim, Jin C ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Constipation; Etiology; Ganglion cell; Interstitial cell of Cajal

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COILED BODY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DESCENDING COLON; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGMOID; SUBMUCOSA; TOTAL COLON RESECTION;

ADULT; COLECTOMY; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS;

EID: 0036938896     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-001-0380-5     Document Type: Article

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