A study of the effects of pinealectomy on intestinal cell proliferation in infant newborn rats

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-20

  Dalio, Marcelo Belini ^a   Haikel Jr , Luis Fernando ^a   Dalio, Renato Belini ^a   Pinto, André Pera Marques ^a   Da Silva, Júlio César Fernandes ^b   Vespúcio, Marcelo Vinícius Oliveira ^b   Guimarães, Marco Aurélio ^a   Garcia, Sérgio Britto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Post Graduation Program in Pathology (FMRP USP)

Author keywords

Infant, Newborn; Instestine, Large; Intestine, Small; Pineal Gland; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; DESCENDING COLON; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; JEJUNUM; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645878948     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502006000100005     Document Type: Article

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