Interstitial cells of Cajal in the gut - A gastroenterologist's point of view

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 6285-6288

  Negreanu, Lucian M ^a,b   Assor, Philippe ^a   Mateescu, Bogdan ^c   Cirstoiu, Catalin ^b  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Carol Davila School of Medicine   (Romania)

Author keywords

Achalasia; C kit; Cajal cells; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Intestinal motility

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB;

CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; STOMACH PARESIS; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CONSTIPATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINES; PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC; STOMACH;

EID: 63449124617     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6285     Document Type: Review

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