How to approach the ENS: Various ways to analyse motility disorders in situ and in vitro

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-169

  Schäfer, Karl Herbert ^a,b   Hagl, C I ^a   Wink, E ^a   Holland Cunz, S ^a   Klotz, M ^b   Rauch, U ^a   Waag, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Motility disorders; Progenitor cells; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEM CELL; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROTOMY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; RATS;

EID: 0041519448     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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