Expression of caspase-3 in enteric cells is related to development of chagasic megacolon

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 605-606

  da Silveira, Alexandre B M ^a   Chaves, Ana Thereza ^b   de Araújo, Fernanda Fortes ^b   Silva Gomes, Juliana Assis ^b   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^b   Toshio Fujiwara, Ricardo ^b   Ribeiro Freitas, Michelle A ^a   de Oliveira, Enio C ^c   Neto, Salustiano G ^c   Luquetti, Alejandro O ^c   d'Ávila Reis, Débora ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PEROXIDASE;

APOPTOSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; LETTER; MEGACOLON; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE SECTION;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEGACOLON;

EID: 61949220553     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.12.018     Document Type: Letter

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