Achalasia: Virus-induced euthanasia of neurons?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1610-1612

  Boeckxstaens, Guy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; CELL DEATH; EDITORIAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; IMMUNOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY;

CELL DEATH; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS;

EID: 50649115752     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01967.x     Document Type: Review

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