Reduced neuronal innervation in the distal end of the proximal esophageal atretic segment in cases of esophageal atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1512-1517

  Boleken, Mehmet ^a   Demirbilek, Savas ^b   Kirimiloglu, Hale ^c   Kanmaz, Turan ^a   Yucesan, Selcuk ^a   Celbis, Osman ^c   Uzun, Ibrahim ^d  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EOSIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ARTICLE; CELIAC GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGANGLIONOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NEWBORN; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

CELL COUNT; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NEURONS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 34250667080     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9070-y     Document Type: Article

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