Interstitial cells of Cajal in the normal gut and in intestinal motility disorders of childhood

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1139-1152

  Rolle, Udo ^a   Piaseczna Piotrowska, Anna ^b   Puri, Prem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Childhood; Gastrointestinal motility; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Intestinal motility disorders

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; COLON AGANGLIONOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; INTESTINAL NEURONAL DYSPLASIA; INTESTINE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNDROME MMIH;

CHILD; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS;

EID: 36448979204     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-2022-7     Document Type: Review

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