Decreased distribution of nitric oxide synthase and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide positive nerve cells in the sphincter of Oddi in humans with pancreatobiliary diseases

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-131

  Zhang, Min ^a   Shimojo, Hisashi ^a   Ehara, Takashi ^a   Shigematsu, Hidekazu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; ODDI SPHINCTER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SPHINCTER OF ODDI; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 23744506471     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.68.121     Document Type: Article

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