Immature intrinsic nerve innervations of pyloric muscle in idiopathic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 558-561

  Sy, Edgar D ^a   Shan, Yan Shen ^a,b   Lin, Chyi Her ^a   Lin, Pin Wen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Etiology; Infant; Nitric oxide synthase; Pyloric stenosis; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NITRERGIC NERVE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYLORUS; STAINING; STOMACH INNERVATION;

HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PYLORIC STENOSIS;

EID: 6344292508     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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