Decreased interstitial cells of Cajal in the sigmoid colon of patients with slow transit constipation

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 467-473

  Tong, Wei Dong ^a   Liu, Bao Hua ^a   Zhang, Lian Yang ^a   Zhang, Sheng Ben ^a   Lie, Ying ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

c kit; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Motility; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL LOSS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; COLON RESECTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SLOW TRANSIT CONSTIPATION;

EID: 4444374536     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-003-0577-x     Document Type: Article

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