Topography and morphometry of intestinal mast cells in children with Hirschsprug's disease

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-68

  Hermanowicz, Adam ^a   Debek, Wojciech ^a   Dzienis Koronkiewicz, Ewa ^a   Chyczewski, Lech ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Hirschsprung disease; Mast cell; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE WALL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MAST CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOGENESIS; SUBMUCOSA; TOPOGRAPHY; LARGE INTESTINE; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

CELL COUNT; CHILD; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, LARGE; MAST CELLS; MUSCLES;

EID: 41649114421     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-008-0008-5     Document Type: Article

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