Evaluation of intestinal trophism: Review of current methods and techniques

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-262

  De Aguilar Nascimento, José Eduardo ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Colon; Immunohistochemistry; Intestine; Mucosa; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYCLINE; HISTONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDINE;

APOPTOSIS; CALORIMETRY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA CONTENT; DNA SYNTHESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; MEASUREMENT; METAPHASE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 33746228297     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000222108.15548.11     Document Type: Review

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