Pathological lesions in colonic biopsies during Parkinson's disease

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1741-1743

  Lebouvier, T ^a,b,c   Chaumette, T ^a,b,c   Damier, P ^b,c,d   Coron, E ^a,b,c,d   Touchefeu, Y ^a,b,c   Vrignaud, S ^c   Naveilhan, P ^b,d   Galmiche, J P ^a,b,c   Bruley Des Varannes, S ^a,b,c,d   Derkinderen, P ^a,b,c,d   Neunlist, M ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LETTER; MOTOR SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGED; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLON; CONSTIPATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS;

EID: 56549121613     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.162503     Document Type: Letter

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