Nitrergic hyperinnervation in appendicitis and in appendices histologically classified as normal

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-578

  Nemeth, Laszlo ^b   Rolle, Udo ^b   Reen, Denis J ^b   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NITRERGIC NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0038416757     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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