Morphology and glycoconjugate content of opossum esophageal epithelium and glands: Regional heterogeneity and effects of acid-induced mucosal injury and recovery

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1591-1604

  White, Robert J ^a   Morris, Gerald P ^a   Cooke, Kristy ^a   Paterson, William G ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epithelium; Esophagitis; Esophagus; Gland; Glycoconjugate; Histology; Mast cell; Mucin; Opossum

Indexed keywords

ACID; GLYCOCONJUGATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS;

EID: 23944493178     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2902-4     Document Type: Article

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