Intramucosal ganglion cells are common in diverticular disease

Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 470-474

  Oh, Hwa Eun ^a,b   Chetty, Runjan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Diverticular disease; Intramucosal ganglion cells; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE CELL; POLYP; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 46749123594     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020802198028     Document Type: Article

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