A paucity of colonic enteroendocrine and/or enterochromaffin cells characterizes a subset of patients with chronic unexplained diarrhea/malabsorption

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1006-1014

  Ohsie, Steven ^a   Gerney, Garrett ^a   Gui, Dorina ^a   Kahana, Doron ^a   Martín, Martín G ^a   Cortina, Galen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome; Colon; Diarrhea; Endocrine; Enteroendocrine; Enteroendocrine dysgenesis; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Intestine; Malabsorption; Pathology; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELLS; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN;

EID: 67349273626     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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