Epithelial and muscular regionalization of the human developing anorectum

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1449-1458

  Fritsch, Helga ^a,c   Aigner, Felix ^a   Ludwikowski, Barbara ^b   Reinstadler Zankl, Sandra ^a   Illig, Romana ^a   Urbas, Dieter ^a   Schwarzer, Christoph ^a   Longato, Stefano ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anorectal development; Epithelial regionalization; Human embryology; Internal and external sphincter; Levator ani muscle; Smooth muscle layers

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DEVELOPMENT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANUS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STENOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACTINS; ANAL CANAL; EPITHELIUM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-18; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSINS; RECTUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 35948985982     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20589     Document Type: Article

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