Postnatal changes in enteric plexus axonal thickness

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1365-1367

  Sri Paran, Thambipillai ^a   Rolle, Udo ^a   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Enteric plexus; Functional intestinal obstruction; Myenteric plexus; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GANGLION; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROSCOPY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SIZE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; STAINING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; FETUS; INTESTINE, LARGE; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; SWINE;

EID: 56649086644     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-008-2265-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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