Deciphering Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction: Do Mice Help to Solve the Riddle?

Gastroenterology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2052-2055

  De Giorgio, Roberto ^a   Seri, Marco ^a   van Eys, Guillaume ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR;

CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOWN REGULATION; DYSARTHRIA; EDITORIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 36549054756     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.10.060     Document Type: Editorial

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