Alterations in the density of interstitial cells of cajal in achalasia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1488-1492

  Kilic, Arman ^a   Luketich, James D ^a   Landreneau, Rodney J ^a   Owens, Scott R ^a   Krasinskas, Alyssa M ^a   Schuchert, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophageal; ICC; Interstitial cells Cajal; Megaesophagus; Motility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 43049115765     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-0053-5     Document Type: Article

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