Absence of the interstitial cells of Cajal in patients with gastroparesis and correlation with clinical findings

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-108

  Forster, Jameson ^a,b   Damjanov, Ivan ^a   Lin, Zhiyue ^a   Sarosiek, Irene ^a   Wetzel, Paul ^a   McCallum, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrogastrogram; gastric electrical stimulation; gastric myoelectrical activity; gastroparesis; interstitial cells of Cajal

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; MEAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH PARESIS; STOMACH WALL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYLORIC ANTRUM; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH;

EID: 11144273214     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.10.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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