Abnormalities of interstitial cells of Cajal in Dominant megacolon mice

Neuroembryology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 156-163

  Tam, Wing Yip ^a   Yip, Fung Ping ^a   Chan, Wood Yee ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

c kit; Cells of cajal, interstitial; Dominant megacolon; Enteric nervous system; PGP9.5

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MEGACOLON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4644229777     PISSN: 14248522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079402     Document Type: Article

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